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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. Behaving in ways that might make a good impression






2. 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






3. Group polarization






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






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. Most in a group privately disagree but incorrectly believe most in group agree






7. 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






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






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






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






11. Elaboration likelihood model






12. Self-perception theory






13. Assuming 2 unrelated things are related






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






15. Hawthorne effect






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






17. Theory of reasoned action






18. The total influences upon individual behavior






19. Conformity; go along publicly but not privately






20. Doll preference studies






21. Argued that human have 6 basic emotions: sadness - happiness - fear - anger - surprise - disgust - drew conclusion from cross-cultural studies - individuals could recognize facial expressions corresponding to those six; FACS coding






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






23. 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






24. 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


25. 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






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






27. 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 -






28. 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






29. Groupthink






30. Person who speaks out against majority






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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






39. 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






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






41. Conformity; change actions and beliefs to conform






42. Just world bias






43. 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






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






45. Cognitive dissonance theory






46. 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






47. Sharing secrets/feelings facilitates emotional closeness






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






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






50. 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