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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. Attribution theory - balance theory






2. One of the first to apply psychology to business - specifically in advertising; also involved in helping military implement psychological testing to aid with personnel selection






3. 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)






4. Continued Milgram'S study - --> deindividuated individuals more willing to administer higher levels of shock; --> prison simulation experiments found normal subjects could easily be transformed into sadistic prison guards; --> also found antisocial b






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






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






7. Expense incurred and cannot be recovered; because money already spent is irrelevant to the future - best to ignore these when making decisions but we often do not






8. Heider; how people infer causes of other'S behaviour; attribute intentions and emotions to almost anything - even shapes on a screen; 3 elements: locus - stability - controllability






9. Person who speaks out against majority






10. Set of behaviour norms that seem suitable for a person






11. 2 basic types of love: passionate love and compassionate love






12. How stimuli are rated - the more we see/experience something - the more positively we rate it






13. Doll preference studies






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






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






16. Sharing secrets/feelings facilitates emotional closeness






17. An instrument that measures physiological reactions in order to measure truthfulness of attitude self-reporting






18. Argued that human have 6 basic emotions: sadness - happiness - fear - anger - surprise - disgust - drew conclusion from cross-cultural studies - individuals could recognize facial expressions corresponding to those six; FACS coding






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






20. Beliefs are more vulnerable if never faced challenge






21. Festinger; it is uncomfortable for people to have beliefs that do not match actions; people are motivated to back actions up by changing beliefs; the less act is justified by circumstance - the more we feel need to justify it by aligning attitude wit






22. 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)






23. Using shortcut about typical assumptions rather than relying on logic; basis of stereotypes- 6 feet tall beautiful women --> we think she'S more likely to be a model than lawyer






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






25. Fischbein and Ajzen; people'S behaviour in a given situation is determined by attitude about situation and social norms; perceived behavioural control - attitude toward behaviour - behavioural intentions - subjective social norms; grounded in various






26. 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






27. Method of work design - acknowledges interaction between people and technology in the workplace






28. Assuming 2 unrelated things are related






29. Petty and Cacioppo; model of persuasion suggests those involved in an issue listen to strength of arguments rather than more superficial factors






30. Behaving in ways that might make a good impression






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






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






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






35. Cognitive dissonance theory






36. Heider; how people make feelings/actions consistent to preserve psychological homeostasis






37. Cross-cultural research; Eastern countries value interdependence over independence; for example - in Japan - individuals likelier to demonstrate conformity - modesty - and pessimism; where in the U.S. - likelier to show optimism - self-enhancement -






38. 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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39. Tendency to work less hard in a group as a result of diffusion of responsibility; guarded against when each individual is closely monitored






40. Achieved through: self-perception - high-self-monitoring - internality - self-efficacy; experiments facilitate this by having subjects perform tasks while looking in a mirror; deindividuation works against it






41. Studied stres sand coping - - differentiated between problem-focused coping (changing stressor) and emotion-focused coping (changing response)






42. Logical fallacy; small - insignificant first step in one direction will lead to greater steps with a significant impact






43. People who are near us (propinquity) -physically attractive - attitudes similar to our own - like us back (reciprocity); opposites do not attract






44. 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






45. 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






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






47. When one'S expectations draw out (in a way - cause) the expected behaviour






48. Clark; demonstrated negative effects that group segregation had on African-American children'S self-esteem - they thought white dolls were better






49. When 2 parties adapt to or are socialized by each other (e.g. parents and children)






50. Illusion of control