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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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






2. Person who speaks out against majority






3. 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






4. Behaving in ways that might make a good impression






5. A positive - negative or neutral evaluation of a person - issue or object






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






7. Assuming 2 unrelated things are related






8. Groupthink






9. Group polarization






10. 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






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






12. Hawthorne effect






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






14. 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






15. Inoculation theory






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






17. 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






18. Self-perception theory






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






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






21. Illusion of control






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






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






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






25. 2 basic types of love: passionate love and compassionate love






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






27. 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






28. Theory of reasoned action






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. Beliefs are more vulnerable if never faced challenge






31. Elaboration likelihood model






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






33. Cognitive dissonance theory






34. Conformity; change actions and beliefs to conform






35. 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






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






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






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






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






41. Doll preference studies






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






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






44. 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






45. 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






46. 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 -






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






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






49. Conformity; go along publicly but not privately






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