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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. Self-perception theory






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 students in long-corridor dorms more stressed and withdrawn than those in suite-style






3. 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






4. 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 -






5. Thinking if someone has a good quality then he has only good qualities






6. 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






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






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






9. 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






10. Experiment - people'S descriptions of the autokinetic effect were influenced by others' descriptions; also win/lose game-type competition can trigger conflict in groups - Robbers' cave experiment






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






13. 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






14. Conformity; go along publicly but not privately






15. Group polarization






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






17. 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






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






19. The total influences upon individual behavior






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






21. 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






22. Theory of reasoned action






23. 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






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






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






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






28. Competition for scare resources usually causes conflict in a group - Sherif'S Robber'S cave experiment






29. Groups take greater risks than individuals






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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






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






37. Presence of others enhance or hinder performance






38. Conformity; change actions and beliefs to conform






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






40. 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






41. 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






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






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






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






45. Person who speaks out against majority






46. Doll preference studies






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






48. 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)






49. 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






50. Ellen langer - Belief that you can control things that you actually have no influence on - The driving force behind manipulating the lottery - gambling and superstition