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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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






2. 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






3. 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






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






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






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






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






8. 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






9. Assuming most other people think as you do






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






11. Beliefs are more vulnerable if never faced challenge






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






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






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






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






16. 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)






17. 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






18. 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 -






19. 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)






20. Sharing secrets/feelings facilitates emotional closeness






21. 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






22. Berkowitz; there is a relationship between frustration in achieving a goal (no matter how small) and show aggression






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






24. 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






25. 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






26. Person who speaks out against majority






27. Overestimating the general frequency of things we are most familiar with






28. Elaboration likelihood model






29. 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






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






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






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






33. Theory of reasoned 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. 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






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






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






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






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






40. 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






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






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






43. 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






44. Assuming 2 unrelated things are related






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






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






47. Inoculation theory






48. 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






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






50. Doll preference studies