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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. 2 basic types of love: passionate love and compassionate love






2. When people think there is a higher proportion of one thing in a group than there really is because examples of that one thing come to mind more easily; e.g. read a list - half celebrity names - half random - may think more celebrities than random be






3. 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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4. Group polarization






5. 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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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. Studied racial bias and belief similarity - people prefer to be with like-minded people more than like-skinned; racial bias decreases as attitude similarity between people increases






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 students in long-corridor dorms more stressed and withdrawn than those in suite-style






9. Attribution theory - balance theory






10. 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






11. Prisoner'S dilemma - trucking company game to illustrate struggle between cooperation and competition






12. Behaving in ways that might make a good impression






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






14. 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






15. The affection we feel for those with whom our lives are deeply entwined - achieved via mutual trust - respect - and commitment






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






17. People act in order to obtain gain and avoid loss; people favour situations that start out negative and end positive - even compared to completely positive situations






18. 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)






19. Assuming 2 unrelated things are related






20. Doing a small favour makes people more willing to do larger ones later






21. 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






22. 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 -






23. Interpreting own actions and motives ina positive way - blaming situations for failures and taking credit for successes; think self as better than average






24. Groups take greater risks than individuals






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






26. Stoner; group discussion generally serves to strengthen the already dominant point of view; explains risky shift






27. Self-perception theory






28. Conformity; go along publicly but not privately






29. People are promoted at work until they reach a position of incompetence in which they remain






30. 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






31. 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






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






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






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






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






37. 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






38. Frustration-aggression hypothesis






39. The total influences upon individual behavior






40. It is majority opinion - majority has unanimous position - majority has high status majority or individual is concerned for her own status - situation in public - not previously committed to a position - low self-esteem - scores high on authoritarian






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






42. 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






43. 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






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






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






46. 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






47. Beliefs are more vulnerable if never faced challenge






48. Groupthink






49. Illusion of control






50. Lewin; life space; pushes person in the direction of + valence - away from - valence