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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






2. 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






3. Conformity; go along publicly but not privately






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






5. 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






6. 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






7. 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






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






9. Behaving in ways that might make a good impression






10. 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






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






12. Presence of others enhance or hinder performance






13. 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






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






15. Sharing secrets/feelings facilitates emotional closeness






16. 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)






17. Just world bias






18. 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






19. 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






20. Doll preference studies






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






22. Group polarization






23. 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)






24. 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






25. Hawthorne effect






26. Frustration-aggression hypothesis






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






28. People who are near us (propinquity) -physically attractive - attitudes similar to our own - like us back (reciprocity); opposites do not attract






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






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






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






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






33. Presence of others helps with easy tasks but hinders complex tasks






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






35. 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






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






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






38. 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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39. Groupthink






40. Heider; how people make feelings/actions consistent to preserve psychological homeostasis






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






42. 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)






43. 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






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






45. 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






46. Tendency for person doing the behaviour to have different perspective on situation than observer






47. 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






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






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






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