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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. 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






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






3. 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






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






5. 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






6. Assuming most other people think as you do






7. Assuming 2 unrelated things are related






8. Illusion of control






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






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






11. Doll preference studies






12. Elaboration likelihood model






13. Nursing home residents with plants to care for have better health






14. The total influences upon individual behavior






15. Inoculation theory






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






17. 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






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






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






20. Theory of reasoned action






21. Group polarization






22. 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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23. 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






24. 2 basic types of love: passionate love and compassionate love






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






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






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






28. 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






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






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






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






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






33. One of the first to apply psychology to business - specifically in advertising; also involved in helping military implement psychological testing to aid with personnel selection






34. People are promoted at work until they reach a position of incompetence in which they remain






35. 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)






36. Conformity; go along publicly but not privately






37. 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






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






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






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






41. 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 -






42. Sharing secrets/feelings facilitates emotional closeness






43. 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






44. Behaving in ways that might make a good impression






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






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






47. 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






48. Persuasive communication from a source of low credibility may become more acceptable later; perhaps memory+discounting cue is severed over time - later recalling a source is less available - or differential decay: impact of cue decays faster than mes






49. 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






50. 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