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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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






3. Sharing secrets/feelings facilitates emotional closeness






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






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






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






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






8. Assuming most other people think as you do






9. Refusal to conform - may occur as result of blatant attempt to control; will not conform if forewarned that others will try to change them






10. The Kitty Genovese care (murder witnessed by many people) - Why people are less likely to help when others are present






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






12. 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






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






14. 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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15. Ellen langer - Belief that you can control things that you actually have no influence on - The driving force behind manipulating the lottery - gambling and superstition






16. 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






17. 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






18. 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






19. Frustration-aggression hypothesis






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






21. Lewin; life space; block locomotion between regions of person and psychological environment






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






23. Groups take greater risks than individuals






24. 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






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






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






27. 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






28. Theory of reasoned action






29. People are promoted at work until they reach a position of incompetence in which they remain






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






31. Groupthink






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






33. Illusion of control






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






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






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






37. Tendency to work less hard in a group as a result of diffusion of responsibility; guarded against when each individual is closely monitored






38. Interpreting own actions and motives ina positive way - blaming situations for failures and taking credit for successes; think self as better than average






39. Just world bias






40. Attribution theory - balance theory






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






42. Inoculation theory






43. Hawthorne effect






44. 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






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






46. How stimuli are rated - the more we see/experience something - the more positively we rate it






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






48. 2 basic types of love: passionate love and compassionate love






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






50. Cognitive dissonance theory