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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. Berkowitz; there is a relationship between frustration in achieving a goal (no matter how small) and show aggression






2. Presence of others helps with easy tasks but hinders complex tasks






3. 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






4. Assuming 2 unrelated things are related






5. 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






6. 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






7. Attribution theory - balance theory






8. Sharing secrets/feelings facilitates emotional closeness






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






10. 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






11. 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)






12. Behaving in ways that might make a good impression






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






14. 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






15. Persuasive communication from a source of low credibility may become more acceptable later; perhaps memory+discounting cue is severed over time - later recalling a source is less available - or differential decay: impact of cue decays faster than mes






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






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






18. Frustration-aggression hypothesis






19. Refusal to conform - may occur as result of blatant attempt to control; will not conform if forewarned that others will try to change them






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






22. 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)






23. 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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24. M.J. Lerner - The belief that good things happen to good people and bad things happen to bad people - it is uncomfortable for people to accept that bad things happen to good people - so they blame the victim






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






26. 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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27. Presence of others enhance or hinder performance






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






29. Elaboration likelihood model






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






31. Evaluating one'S own actions - abilities - opinions - and ideas and comparing to others; - since others are generally familiar people (own social group) - used for argument against mainstreaming; --> when children with difficulties in classes with no






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






33. Bem; alternative explanation to cognitive dissonance; - when people are unsure of beliefs - they take cues from own behaviour (rather than aligning beliefs to match actions) - $1000 to work on Saturday






34. 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






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






36. The total influences upon individual behavior






37. First official social psychology experiment on social facilitation; cyclists performed better when paced by others






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. Self-perception theory






40. Cognitive dissonance theory






41. Conformity; go along publicly but not privately






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






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






44. Going along with real or perceived group pressure - compliance - acceptance






45. 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






46. Assuming most other people think as you do






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






48. Illusion of control






49. 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






50. Most in a group privately disagree but incorrectly believe most in group agree







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