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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. 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






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






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






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






5. 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






6. 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)






7. 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 commander - legitimate-seeming






8. Doll preference studies






9. Sharing secrets/feelings facilitates emotional closeness






10. 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






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






12. Clark; demonstrated negative effects that group segregation had on African-American children'S self-esteem - they thought white dolls were better






13. Just world bias






14. Groups take greater risks than individuals






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






16. 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






17. Humans interact in ways that maximize reward and minimize costs






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






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






20. 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






21. 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)






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






23. 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






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






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

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26. Conformity; go along publicly but not privately






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






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






29. Cognitive dissonance theory






30. 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






31. 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






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






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






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






35. Frustration-aggression hypothesis






36. 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






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






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






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






40. Beliefs are more vulnerable if never faced challenge






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






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






43. Behaving in ways that might make a good impression






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






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






46. 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






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






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






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






50. 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