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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. Just world bias






2. Sharing secrets/feelings facilitates emotional closeness






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. 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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Frustration-aggression hypothesis






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






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






20. 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)






21. Lewin; collection of forces (valence - vector - barrier) on the individual - field of perception and action






22. 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






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






24. 2 basic types of love: passionate love and compassionate love






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






26. Sometimes attribute excitement or physiological arousal about one thing to something else (e.g. bungee jumping on first date)






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






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






29. 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






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






31. Studied subjects who were first made to believe a state and then later told it was false. subjects continued to believe the state if they had processed it and devised their own logical explanation for it






32. 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






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






34. Conformity; go along publicly but not privately






35. 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






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






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. Doll preference studies






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






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






41. Theory of reasoned action






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






43. Hawthorne effect






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






45. Illusion of control






46. Beliefs are more vulnerable if never faced challenge






47. Presence of others enhance or hinder performance






48. 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






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






50. 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)







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