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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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






2. 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






3. 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






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






5. Groups take greater risks than individuals






6. 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)






7. 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






8. 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 -






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






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






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






12. 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






13. 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






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






15. 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






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






17. Cognitive dissonance theory






18. 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






19. Assuming most other people think as you do






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






21. 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






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






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






24. 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






25. Groupthink






26. 2 basic types of love: passionate love and compassionate love






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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)






39. 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






40. Behaving in ways that might make a good impression






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






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






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






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






45. Assuming 2 unrelated things are related






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






47. Inoculation theory






48. Attribution theory - balance theory






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






50. 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