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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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






2. 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






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






4. 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






5. Cognitive dissonance theory






6. The total influences upon individual behavior






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






8. 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






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






10. 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






11. 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)






12. Assuming 2 unrelated things are related






13. 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






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






15. 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






16. 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






17. Groupthink






18. Theory of reasoned action






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






20. 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






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






22. 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






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






24. 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






25. Assuming most other people think as you do






26. 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






27. 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)






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






29. 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






30. Sharing secrets/feelings facilitates emotional closeness






31. Behaving in ways that might make a good impression






32. 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






33. Beliefs are more vulnerable if never faced challenge






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






35. Frustration-aggression hypothesis






36. 2 basic types of love: passionate love and compassionate love






37. Studied environmental influences on behaviour; architecture matters. students in long-corridor dorms more stressed and withdrawn than those in suite-style






38. Groups take greater risks than individuals






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






40. Person who speaks out against majority






41. 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






42. Conformity; change actions and beliefs to conform






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Set of behaviour norms that seem suitable for a person