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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology
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1. Sales tactic - persuader ask for more than they would ever get and then 'Settle' for less
Peter principle
Door-in-the-face
Prisoner'S dilemma
Self-perception theory
2. Stoner; group discussion generally serves to strengthen the already dominant point of view; explains risky shift
Group polarization
Social exchange theory
Factors that a speaker has to most likely change a listener'S attitude
Robbers' cave experiment
3. 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
Walter Dill Scott
Kurt Lewin
Mere-exposure effect
Base-rate fallacy
4. 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
Sunk cost
Life space
Self-presentation
Objective self-awareness
5. Clark; demonstrated negative effects that group segregation had on African-American children'S self-esteem - they thought white dolls were better
Leonard Berkowitz
Door-in-the-face
Reciprocal interaction
doll preference studies
6. Just world bias
M.J.Lerner
Bogus pipeline
Self-monitoring
Stanley MIlgram (study)
7. Believing after the fact that you knew something all along
James Stoner
Philip Zimbardo
Hindsight bias
Frustration-aggression hypothesis
8. Cognitive dissonance theory
Illusion of control
Leon Festinger
diffusion of responsibility
Hindsight bias
9. Sharing secrets/feelings facilitates emotional closeness
Bogus pipeline
Reciprocity of disclosure
Sociotechnical systems
Equity theory
10. Heider; how people make feelings/actions consistent to preserve psychological homeostasis
Self-perception theory
diffusion of responsibility
Balance theory
Hawthorne effect
11. Doll preference studies
Kenneth and Mamie Clark
Robbers' cave experiment
Pluralistic ignorance
Factors that a speaker has to most likely change a listener'S attitude
12. Petty and Cacioppo; model of persuasion suggests those involved in an issue listen to strength of arguments rather than more superficial factors
elaboration likelihood model
Group polarization
Theory of reasoned action/planned behaviour
Inoculation theory
13. Tendency to make simple explanations for complex events - people hold onto original ideas about cause even when new factors emerge
Self-fulfilling prophecy
Sociotechnical systems
Oversimplification
competition
14. Set of behaviour norms that seem suitable for a person
Sleeper effect
bystander effect
Role
Stanley Milgram
15. Humans interact in ways that maximize reward and minimize costs
Social exchange theory
Equity theory
Slippery slope
Reciprocity of disclosure
16. 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
Slippery slope
Hazel Markus
Oversimplification
Stanley MIlgram (study)
17. 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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18. Refusal to conform - may occur as result of blatant attempt to control; will not conform if forewarned that others will try to change them
Facial Action Coding System (FACS)
Reactance
Halo effect
doll preference studies
19. Self-perception theory
bystander effect
Daryl Bem
Robert Zajonc
Representativeness heuristic
20. 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
Dissenter
Cognitive dissonance theory
Elaine Hatfield
Availability heuristic
21. 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
diffusion of responsibility
J. Rodin and E. Langer
Philip Zimbardo
Reciprocal socialization
22. Study how to increase worker productivity at Hawthorne Works - reported anything they did increased productivity; because performance changes when people are being observed
Self-monitoring
Passionate love
Hawthorne effect
J. Rodin and E. Langer
23. 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
Gain-loss theory
Door-in-the-face
Life space
Group polarization
24. 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
Lee Ross
Equity theory
Reactance
Increase in likelihood to conform (factors)
25. Studied stres sand coping - - differentiated between problem-focused coping (changing stressor) and emotion-focused coping (changing response)
Attitude
Richard Lazarus
Hindsight bias
Ingroup/outgroup bias
26. 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
Stimulus-overload theory
Overjustification effect
Cognitive dissonance theory
Morton Deutsch
27. Hawthorne effect
Representativeness heuristic
Henry Landsberger
Compliance
Hawthorne effect
28. With opposing party decreases conflict - we fear what we do not know`
Contact (Groups)
Base-rate fallacy
Just world bias
J. Rodin and E. Langer
29. 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)
Facial Action Coding System (FACS)
Mere-exposure effect
Dissenter
Barrier (life space)
30. 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
Groupthink
Elaine Hatfield
Theory of reasoned action/planned behaviour
Sleeper effect
31. Conformity; go along publicly but not privately
M. Rokeach
Compliance
Mere-exposure effect
Ellen Langer
32. Method of work design - acknowledges interaction between people and technology in the workplace
Valence (life space)
Attitude
Bogus pipeline
Sociotechnical systems
33. When one'S expectations draw out (in a way - cause) the expected behaviour
Hindsight bias
Self-fulfilling prophecy
Vector (life space)
Leon Festinger
34. Going along with real or perceived group pressure - compliance - acceptance
diffusion of responsibility
Conformity (types)
Slippery slope
Inoculation theory
35. Prisoner'S dilemma - trucking company game to illustrate struggle between cooperation and competition
Overjustification effect
Social Psychology
Pluralistic ignorance
Morton Deutsch
36. Theory of reasoned action
Theory of reasoned action/planned behaviour
Acceptance
Dissenter
M. Fischbein and I. Ajzen
37. 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
Just world bias
Representativeness heuristic
Life space
Availability heuristic
38. 2 basic types of love: passionate love and compassionate love
Paul Ekman
Elaine Hatfield
Norman Triplett
M. Fischbein and I. Ajzen
39. First official social psychology experiment on social facilitation; cyclists performed better when paced by others
Norman Triplett
Contact (Groups)
Walter Dill Scott
Groupthink
40. Interpreting own actions and motives ina positive way - blaming situations for failures and taking credit for successes; think self as better than average
Robert Zajonc
Dissenter
deindividuation
Self-serving attributional bias
41. Behaving in ways that might make a good impression
Representativeness heuristic
Social facilitation
Prisoner'S dilemma
Impression management
42. Berkowitz; there is a relationship between frustration in achieving a goal (no matter how small) and show aggression
Frustration-aggression hypothesis
Self-fulfilling prophecy
Stimulus-overload theory
Stanley MIlgram (study)
43. The affection we feel for those with whom our lives are deeply entwined - achieved via mutual trust - respect - and commitment
Stanley MIlgram (study)
Compassionate love
M. Rokeach
Kurt Lewin
44. 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
Lee Ross
Muzafer Sherif
Contact (Groups)
Stanley Milgram
45. Groups take greater risks than individuals
Bogus pipeline
Increase in likelihood to conform (factors)
Risky shift
Objective self-awareness
46. Constant exchange of influences between people - constant factor in our behaviour
Reciprocal interaction
Hindsight bias
Mere-exposure effect
Stuart Valins
47. 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
Stuart Valins
Sleeper effect
doll preference studies
Halo effect
48. Assuming most other people think as you do
Vector (life space)
Stimulus-overload theory
False consensus bias
bystander effect
49. 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
Objective self-awareness
Solomon Asch
Bogus pipeline
Muzafer Sherif
50. 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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