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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. 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






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






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






4. 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






5. The total influences upon individual behavior






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






7. Assuming most other people think as you do






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






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






10. 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






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






12. 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






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






14. 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






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






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






17. 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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18. Elaboration likelihood model






19. 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






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






21. 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






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






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






24. Groups take greater risks than individuals






25. Behaving in ways that might make a good impression






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






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






28. 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






29. Beliefs are more vulnerable if never faced challenge






30. Logical fallacy; small - insignificant first step in one direction will lead to greater steps with a significant impact






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






32. 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






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






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






35. Self-perception theory






36. Just world bias






37. 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)






38. Conformity; go along publicly but not privately






39. 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






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






41. Petty and Cacioppo; model of persuasion suggests those involved in an issue listen to strength of arguments rather than more superficial factors






42. 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






43. Sharing secrets/feelings facilitates emotional closeness






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






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






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






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






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






50. Person who speaks out against majority