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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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






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






3. The attributions we make about our actions or those of others usually accurate; we base this on consistency - distinctiveness - and consensus of the action






4. Presence of others enhance or hinder performance






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. 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






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






13. 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






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. 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






16. Inoculation theory






17. Hawthorne effect






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






19. Just world bias






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






21. 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






22. 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






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






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






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






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






27. Groupthink






28. 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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29. 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

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30. 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






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






32. Ellen langer - Belief that you can control things that you actually have no influence on - The driving force behind manipulating the lottery - gambling and superstition






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






34. 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






35. Cognitive dissonance theory






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






37. Illusion of control






38. 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






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






40. 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






41. Tendency to make simple explanations for complex events - people hold onto original ideas about cause even when new factors emerge






42. Attribution theory - balance theory






43. Behaving in ways that might make a good impression






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






45. 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)






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






47. Sharing secrets/feelings facilitates emotional closeness






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






49. 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)






50. 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