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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. 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






2. 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






3. 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






4. Hawthorne effect






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






6. 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






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






8. 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






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






10. 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






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






12. Elaboration likelihood model






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






14. 2 basic types of love: passionate love and compassionate love






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






16. The total influences upon individual behavior






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






18. 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






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






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






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






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






23. Cognitive dissonance theory






24. 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 -






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






26. Attribution theory - balance theory






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






28. Assuming 2 unrelated things are related






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






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






32. Groups take greater risks than individuals






33. 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)






34. 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






35. 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






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






37. 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






38. Just world bias






39. Person who speaks out against majority






40. 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






41. 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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42. 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)






43. 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






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






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






46. 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






47. Doll preference studies






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






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






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







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