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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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






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






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






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






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






6. 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






7. 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)






8. Just world bias






9. 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






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






11. Frustration-aggression hypothesis






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






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






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






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. 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






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 students in long-corridor dorms more stressed and withdrawn than those in suite-style






20. 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






21. Presence of others enhance or hinder performance






22. Elaboration likelihood model






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






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






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






26. 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)






27. Cognitive dissonance theory






28. Doll preference studies






29. Beliefs are more vulnerable if never faced challenge






30. 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






31. 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)






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






33. 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






34. Illusion of control






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






36. 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






37. Conformity; go along publicly but not privately






38. Groupthink






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






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






41. 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






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






43. Sharing secrets/feelings facilitates emotional closeness






44. Theory of reasoned action






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






46. The attributions we make about our actions or those of others usually accurate; we base this on consistency - distinctiveness - and consensus of the action






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






48. Attribution theory - balance theory






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






50. founder of social psychology -; - applied Gestalt ideas to social behaviour; - conceived field theory - life space - valence - vector - barrier