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






2. 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






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






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






5. Frustration-aggression hypothesis






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






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






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






9. Showed that we lack awareness for why we do what we do






10. Attribution theory - balance theory






11. 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






12. 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






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






14. 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)






15. 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






16. The total influences upon individual behavior






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






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






19. 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






20. Conformity; go along publicly but not privately






21. Presence of others enhance or hinder performance






22. Self-perception theory






23. Inoculation theory






24. Expense incurred and cannot be recovered; because money already spent is irrelevant to the future - best to ignore these when making decisions but we often do not






25. 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

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


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






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






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






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






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






31. 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






32. 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






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






34. Behaving in ways that might make a good impression






35. 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)






36. Theory of reasoned action






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






38. 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)






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






40. Occurs when individual identity or accountability is de-emphasized - may be the result of mingling in a crowd - wearing uniforms - or otherwise adopting a larger group identity






41. Overestimating the general frequency of things we are most familiar with






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






43. Elaboration likelihood model






44. Prejudice - showed group conflict most effectively overcome by need for cooperative attention to a higher superordinate goal; 2 groups of 12-year-old boys - 3 phases of group dynamics: in-group phase (bonding with own group) - friction phase (groups

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


45. 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






46. Groupthink






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






49. Group polarization






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