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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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






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






3. 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






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






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. Self-perception theory






7. 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






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






9. 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






10. Expense incurred and cannot be recovered; because money already spent is irrelevant to the future - best to ignore these when making decisions but we often do not






11. Conformity; go along publicly but not privately






12. Assuming 2 unrelated things are related






13. 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






14. Beliefs are more vulnerable if never faced challenge






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






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






18. 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






19. Lewin; life space; + if person thinks region will reduce tension by meeting present needs - - if region with increase tension/ danger






20. 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 -






21. Humans interact in ways that maximize reward and minimize costs






22. Cognitive dissonance theory






23. 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






24. 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






25. 2 basic types of love: passionate love and compassionate love






26. 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






27. The total influences upon individual behavior






28. 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






29. Just world bias






30. Group polarization






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






32. Theory of reasoned action






33. 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)






34. Showed that we lack awareness for why we do what we do






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






36. 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






37. 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






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






39. Process by which people pay close attention to their actions - often change behaviours to be more favourable






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






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






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






43. founder of social psychology -; - applied Gestalt ideas to social behaviour; - conceived field theory - life space - valence - vector - barrier






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






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






46. Competition for scare resources usually causes conflict in a group - Sherif'S Robber'S cave experiment






47. 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






48. Elaboration likelihood model






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






50. Groupthink