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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. Attribution theory - balance theory






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






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






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






5. Likely to occur in a group with unquestioned beliefs - pressure to conform - invulnerability - censors - cohesiveness - isolation - strong leader; to minimize conflict and reach consensus without critical testing - analyzing - or evaluating






6. 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


7. 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






8. 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






9. Assuming 2 unrelated things are related






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






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






12. 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






13. Person who speaks out against majority






14. 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






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






16. Hawthorne effect






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






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






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






20. Groupthink






21. 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)






22. Conformity; go along publicly but not privately






23. Behaving in ways that might make a good impression






24. 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






25. 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






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






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






28. People most comfortable in situations which rewards and punishments are equal - fitting - or logical; - overbenefited people feel guilt - random/ illogical punishments create anxiety






29. 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






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






31. Theory of reasoned action






32. Just world bias






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






34. 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






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


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






37. 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)






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






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






40. 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






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






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






43. 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






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






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






46. Refusal to conform - may occur as result of blatant attempt to control; will not conform if forewarned that others will try to change them






47. 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






48. 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






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






50. 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