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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. Tendency for person doing the behaviour to have different perspective on situation than observer






2. Expert and/or trustworthy - similar to listener - acceptable to listener - overheard rather than obviously influencing - anecdotal - emotional - or shocking - part of a debate rather than one-sided argument

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3. Likely to occur in a group with unquestioned beliefs - pressure to conform - invulnerability - censors - cohesiveness - isolation - strong leader; to minimize conflict and reach consensus without critical testing - analyzing - or evaluating






4. Had subjects listen to 'opinion' of others of which lines were equal - subjects conformed to clearly incorrect opinion of others 33% of the time; unanimity seemed to be influential






5. Experiment where participants ordered to give 'painful electric shocks' to a 'learner' when incorrect - explored how people respond to orders; conditions that facilitated conformity: remoteness of victim - proximity of commander - legitimate-seeming






6. Just world bias






7. Competition for scare resources usually causes conflict in a group - Sherif'S Robber'S cave experiment






8. Lewin; life space; + if person thinks region will reduce tension by meeting present needs - - if region with increase tension/ danger






9. Sometimes attribute excitement or physiological arousal about one thing to something else (e.g. bungee jumping on first date)






10. Deutsch; if 2 criminals detained separately - best strategy is for neither to talk - but it is a gamble that requires trust - so most spill the beans; in economic terms is the trucking company game

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11. Tendency to make simple explanations for complex events - people hold onto original ideas about cause even when new factors emerge






12. Conformity; change actions and beliefs to conform






13. Attribution theory - balance theory






14. Area of study that combines social and clinical ideas - for mental health






15. Humans interact in ways that maximize reward and minimize costs






16. Prejudice - showed group conflict most effectively overcome by need for cooperative attention to a higher superordinate goal; 2 groups of 12-year-old boys - 3 phases of group dynamics: in-group phase (bonding with own group) - friction phase (groups

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17. Frustration-aggression hypothesis






18. Process by which people pay close attention to their actions - often change behaviours to be more favourable






19. The study of how people relate to and influence each other






20. Milgram; explains why urbanities are less prosocial than country people; they do not need any more interaction; e.g. emergency situations familiar to city people - novelty for town people will attract attention and help






21. Deutsch; 2 companies can choose to cooperate and agree on high fixed prices - or compete with lower prices - but lack of complete trust will choose to compete; prisoner'S dilemma in economic terms






22. Thinking if someone has a good quality then he has only good qualities






23. Overestimating the general frequency of things we are most familiar with






24. The tendency that the larger the group - the less likely individuals in the group will act or take responsibility - result of deindividuation (Kitty Genovese care)






25. Hawthorne effect






26. Presence of others enhance or hinder performance






27. Beliefs are more vulnerable if never faced challenge






28. Occurs when individual identity or accountability is de-emphasized - may be the result of mingling in a crowd - wearing uniforms - or otherwise adopting a larger group identity






29. Study how to increase worker productivity at Hawthorne Works - reported anything they did increased productivity; because performance changes when people are being observed






30. With opposing party decreases conflict - we fear what we do not know`






31. Person who speaks out against majority






32. Showed that we lack awareness for why we do what we do






33. Follows from self-perception theory; tendency to assume we must not want to do things we are paid or compensated to do






34. Inoculation theory






35. Groups take greater risks than individuals






36. Dislike(-) - like (+) - balance if 1 or 3 + - imbalance if 0 or 2 + - too simplistic - Balance exists when all 3 fit together harmoniously - when there sin'T balance - there will be stress - and a tendency to remove stress by achieving balance






37. Sales tactic - persuader ask for more than they would ever get and then 'Settle' for less






38. 2 basic types of love: passionate love and compassionate love






39. Nursing home residents with plants to care for have better health






40. Constant exchange of influences between people - constant factor in our behaviour






41. Lewin; collection of forces (valence - vector - barrier) on the individual - field of perception and action






42. Believing after the fact that you knew something all along






43. Particularly positive self-presentation is influencial on behaviour - we act in ways that align with our attitudes or in ways that will be accepted by others; self-monitoring; impression management






44. Code facial expressions for emotion; can determine whether a smile is genuine (happiness engages the upper cheek) or fake (eyes and whole face are less involved)






45. Studied subjects who were first made to believe a state and then later told it was false. subjects continued to believe the state if they had processed it and devised their own logical explanation for it






46. Studied environmental influences on behaviour; architecture matters. students in long-corridor dorms more stressed and withdrawn than those in suite-style






47. Intense longing for the union with another and a state of profound physiological arousal - biophysiological - can be positive(when love is reciprocal) and negative (when love is unrequited)






48. Lewin; life space; block locomotion between regions of person and psychological environment






49. The Kitty Genovese care (murder witnessed by many people) - Why people are less likely to help when others are present






50. Those in a group think their members have more positive qualities and fewer negative than members in another group even if qualities are the same; basis for prejudice







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