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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. Conformity; change actions and beliefs to conform






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






3. Assuming 2 unrelated things are related






4. 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






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






6. 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






7. 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)






8. Groups take greater risks than individuals






9. 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






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






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






12. 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






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






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






15. Attribution theory - balance theory






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






17. Theory of reasoned action






18. 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






19. 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






20. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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






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






31. 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






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






33. Stimulus-overload theory; also 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






34. 2 basic types of love: passionate love and compassionate love






35. 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






36. 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






37. 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






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






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






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






41. Doll preference studies






42. 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






43. 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






44. 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






45. Just world bias






46. 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






47. Self-perception theory






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






50. Elaboration likelihood model