Test your basic knowledge |

GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

Subjects : gre, psychology
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Illusion of control






2. 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






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






4. Studied stres sand coping - - differentiated between problem-focused coping (changing stressor) and emotion-focused coping (changing response)






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






6. 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






7. 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






8. 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






9. Beliefs are more vulnerable if never faced challenge






10. 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






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






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






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






14. 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






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






16. 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






17. The tendency that the larger the group - the less likely individuals in the group will act or take responsibility - result of deindividuation (Kitty Genovese care)






18. Frustration-aggression hypothesis






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






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






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






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






23. Most in a group privately disagree but incorrectly believe most in group agree






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






25. 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)






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






27. Elaboration likelihood model






28. 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






29. Doll preference studies






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






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






32. 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






33. Sharing secrets/feelings facilitates emotional closeness






34. 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)






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






36. Conformity; change actions and beliefs to conform






37. 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






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






39. Assuming 2 unrelated things are related






40. Theory of reasoned action






41. Assuming most other people think as you do






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






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. Behaving in ways that might make a good impression






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






46. The total influences upon individual behavior






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






48. Self-perception theory






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






50. Hawthorne effect







Sorry!:) No result found.

Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?


Let me suggest you:

Browse all subjects

Browse all tests

Most popular tests



Major Subjects

Tests & Exams


AP
CLEP
DSST
GRE
SAT
GMAT

Browse all subjects

Browse all tests

Most popular tests