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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. The total influences upon individual behavior






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






3. Inoculation theory






4. Attribution theory - balance theory






5. Hawthorne effect






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






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






8. 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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9. 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






10. 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)






11. 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






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






13. Logical fallacy; small - insignificant first step in one direction will lead to greater steps with a significant impact






14. 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






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






16. 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






17. Lewin; life space; pushes person in the direction of + valence - away from - valence






18. Behaving in ways that might make a good impression






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






20. 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)






21. Most in a group privately disagree but incorrectly believe most in group agree






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






23. 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






24. 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






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






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






27. 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






28. 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






29. Beliefs are more vulnerable if never faced challenge






30. 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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31. 2 basic types of love: passionate love and compassionate love






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






33. Groups take greater risks than individuals






34. Conformity; go along publicly but not privately






35. Theory of reasoned action






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






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






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






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






40. 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






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






42. 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






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






44. Just world bias






45. Group polarization






46. 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






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






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






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






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