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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. Presence of others enhance or hinder performance






3. Person who speaks out against majority






4. 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)






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






6. Conformity; go along publicly but not privately






7. Frustration-aggression hypothesis






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






9. 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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10. 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 -






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






12. 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






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






14. Illusion of control






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






16. 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






17. Behaving in ways that might make a good impression






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






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






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






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






22. 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






23. 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






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






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






26. 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






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






28. 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






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






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






31. 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






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






33. 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






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






35. Assuming most other people think as you do






36. 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






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






38. Beliefs are more vulnerable if never faced challenge






39. 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






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






41. 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






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






43. 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






44. Cognitive dissonance theory






45. Attribution theory - balance theory






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






47. 2 basic types of love: passionate love and compassionate love






48. 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






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






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