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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology
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1. Lewin; life space; pushes person in the direction of + valence - away from - valence
Vector (life space)
Balance theory
bystander effect
Social loafing
2. Most in a group privately disagree but incorrectly believe most in group agree
Reciprocity of disclosure
Pluralistic ignorance
Actor-observer attributional divergence
Gain-loss theory
3. Berkowitz; there is a relationship between frustration in achieving a goal (no matter how small) and show aggression
Balance theory
Robbers' cave experiment
J. Rodin and E. Langer
Frustration-aggression hypothesis
4. Tendency to work less hard in a group as a result of diffusion of responsibility; guarded against when each individual is closely monitored
Ingroup/outgroup bias
Daryl Bem
Social loafing
Passionate love
5. Stoner; group discussion generally serves to strengthen the already dominant point of view; explains risky shift
Robert Zajonc
Gain-loss theory
deindividuation
Group polarization
6. 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
Base-rate fallacy
Cognitive dissonance theory
Self-monitoring
deindividuation
7. 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)
Social comparison
Norman Triplett
Reciprocal socialization
Facial Action Coding System (FACS)
8. Just world bias
Social Psychology
J. Rodin and E. Langer
M.J.Lerner
Conformity (types)
9. Bem; alternative explanation to cognitive dissonance; - when people are unsure of beliefs - they take cues from own behaviour (rather than aligning beliefs to match actions) - $1000 to work on Saturday
Excitation-transfer theory
Hindsight bias
Self-perception theory
diffusion of responsibility
10. Sometimes attribute excitement or physiological arousal about one thing to something else (e.g. bungee jumping on first date)
Reciprocal socialization
Attribution theory
Excitation-transfer theory
Risky shift
11. Frustration-aggression hypothesis
Leonard Berkowitz
Self-monitoring
Fritz Heider
Stimulus-overload theory
12. Expert and/or trustworthy - similar to listener - acceptable to listener - overheard rather than obviously influencing - anecdotal - emotional - or shocking - part of a debate rather than one-sided argument
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13. Lewin; collection of forces (valence - vector - barrier) on the individual - field of perception and action
Pluralistic ignorance
Life space
Group polarization
M. Fischbein and I. Ajzen
14. 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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15. Area of study that combines social and clinical ideas - for mental health
Objective self-awareness
deindividuation
Morton Deutsch
Social support network
16. Presence of others helps with easy tasks but hinders complex tasks
Equity theory
Hindsight bias
Robert Zajonc
Leon Festinger
17. 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
competition
Gain-loss theory
Overjustification effect
Attraction (in order of importance)
18. 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
Slippery slope
Theory of reasoned action/planned behaviour
Compliance
False consensus bias
19. Studied environmental influences on behaviour; architecture matters. students in long-corridor dorms more stressed and withdrawn than those in suite-style
Stuart Valins
Self-presentation
Fritz Heider
Pluralistic ignorance
20. 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
Reciprocity of disclosure
Illusion of control
Leonard Berkowitz
Social comparison
21. Presence of others enhance or hinder performance
Attraction (in order of importance)
Slippery slope
Social facilitation
Sleeper effect
22. Elaboration likelihood model
R.E. Petty and J.T. Cacioppo
deindividuation
Factors that a speaker has to most likely change a listener'S attitude
Trucking company game
23. Heider; how people make feelings/actions consistent to preserve psychological homeostasis
Sleeper effect
Balance theory
Hawthorne effect
Impression management
24. The affection we feel for those with whom our lives are deeply entwined - achieved via mutual trust - respect - and commitment
Robert Zajonc
Compassionate love
Inoculation theory
Social comparison
25. Sales tactic - persuader ask for more than they would ever get and then 'Settle' for less
Impression management
Door-in-the-face
Hindsight bias
Groupthink
26. 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)
Passionate love
McGuire
Availability heuristic
Trucking company game
27. Cognitive dissonance theory
Solomon Asch
Muzafer Sherif
Leon Festinger
Facial Action Coding System (FACS)
28. Doll preference studies
Actor-observer attributional divergence
Inoculation theory
Kenneth and Mamie Clark
Harold Kelley
29. Beliefs are more vulnerable if never faced challenge
Door-in-the-face
Inoculation theory
Frustration-aggression hypothesis
Vector (life space)
30. 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
Life space
competition
Reciprocal interaction
Kaplan:Relationship betwen P - O and X
31. 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)
diffusion of responsibility
Excitation-transfer theory
Reciprocal interaction
Kurt Lewin
32. Prisoner'S dilemma - trucking company game to illustrate struggle between cooperation and competition
Hazel Markus
Impression management
Morton Deutsch
Sleeper effect
33. 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
Cognitive dissonance theory
Stimulus-overload theory
Conformity (types)
Reciprocal interaction
34. Illusion of control
Illusion of control
Ellen Langer
Cognitive dissonance theory
Philip Zimbardo
35. A positive - negative or neutral evaluation of a person - issue or object
Hindsight bias
M. Rokeach
Attitude
Paul Ekman
36. 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
Contact (Groups)
Stanley MIlgram (study)
Leonard Berkowitz
Self-monitoring
37. Conformity; go along publicly but not privately
Compliance
Attraction (in order of importance)
Robert Zajonc
Stimulus-overload theory
38. Groupthink
Equity theory
Social facilitation
Hindsight bias
Irving Janis
39. When 2 parties adapt to or are socialized by each other (e.g. parents and children)
Self-monitoring
Kurt Lewin
Foot-in-the-door phenomenon
Reciprocal socialization
40. The study of how people relate to and influence each other
Social Psychology
M.J.Lerner
Self-serving attributional bias
Social comparison
41. 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
Sunk cost
Paul Ekman
Impression management
Oversimplification
42. Set of behaviour norms that seem suitable for a person
Peter principle
Role
Richard Lazarus
Foot-in-the-door phenomenon
43. Sharing secrets/feelings facilitates emotional closeness
Self-monitoring
Compassionate love
Reciprocity of disclosure
Frustration-aggression hypothesis
44. Theory of reasoned action
M. Fischbein and I. Ajzen
R.E. Petty and J.T. Cacioppo
Kaplan:Relationship betwen P - O and X
Valence (life space)
45. How stimuli are rated - the more we see/experience something - the more positively we rate it
Mere-exposure effect
Social exchange theory
Overjustification effect
Robbers' cave experiment
46. The attributions we make about our actions or those of others usually accurate; we base this on consistency - distinctiveness - and consensus of the action
Conformity (types)
Social exchange theory
Harold Kelley
elaboration likelihood model
47. Method of work design - acknowledges interaction between people and technology in the workplace
Frustration-aggression hypothesis
Sociotechnical systems
Robbers' cave experiment
Lee Ross
48. Attribution theory - balance theory
Norman Triplett
Halo effect
Fritz Heider
Stanley MIlgram (study)
49. When one'S expectations draw out (in a way - cause) the expected behaviour
Reciprocal socialization
Social loafing
bystander effect
Self-fulfilling prophecy
50. founder of social psychology -; - applied Gestalt ideas to social behaviour; - conceived field theory - life space - valence - vector - barrier
Kurt Lewin
Self-fulfilling prophecy
Reciprocal interaction
Hazel Markus