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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology
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1. Prejudice - showed group conflict most effectively overcome by need for cooperative attention to a higher superordinate goal; 2 groups of 12-year-old boys - 3 phases of group dynamics: in-group phase (bonding with own group) - friction phase (groups
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2. Beliefs are more vulnerable if never faced challenge
Richard Nisbett
Attraction (in order of importance)
R.E. Petty and J.T. Cacioppo
Inoculation theory
3. Area of study that combines social and clinical ideas - for mental health
Social support network
Stanley Milgram
Stuart Valins
Reciprocal interaction
4. Heider; how people infer causes of other'S behaviour; attribute intentions and emotions to almost anything - even shapes on a screen; 3 elements: locus - stability - controllability
Attribution theory
Role
Mere-exposure effect
Attitude
5. Sometimes attribute excitement or physiological arousal about one thing to something else (e.g. bungee jumping on first date)
Impression management
Norman Triplett
Excitation-transfer theory
Robbers' cave experiment
6. 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 -
M.J.Lerner
Slippery slope
Social support network
Hazel Markus
7. 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
M. Fischbein and I. Ajzen
Compassionate love
Availability heuristic
Social support network
8. Lewin; life space; + if person thinks region will reduce tension by meeting present needs - - if region with increase tension/ danger
Illusory correlation
Daryl Bem
Self-monitoring
Valence (life space)
9. 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
Paul Ekman
Gain-loss theory
Self-perception theory
Richard Lazarus
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
Harold Kelley
Kaplan:Relationship betwen P - O and X
Reciprocal socialization
Norman Triplett
11. Berkowitz; there is a relationship between frustration in achieving a goal (no matter how small) and show aggression
McGuire
M. Rokeach
bystander effect
Frustration-aggression hypothesis
12. 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)
Passionate love
Muzafer Sherif
Objective self-awareness
Social Psychology
13. People most comfortable in situations which rewards and punishments are equal - fitting - or logical; - overbenefited people feel guilt - random/ illogical punishments create anxiety
Illusory correlation
doll preference studies
Equity theory
Valence (life space)
14. Humans interact in ways that maximize reward and minimize costs
Pluralistic ignorance
Peter principle
Kenneth and Mamie Clark
Social exchange theory
15. Just world bias
Morton Deutsch
M.J.Lerner
Reciprocal socialization
Barrier (life space)
16. 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
Role
Risky shift
Objective self-awareness
Leonard Berkowitz
17. Groups take greater risks than individuals
Harold Kelley
Stimulus-overload theory
Risky shift
Self-monitoring
18. Inoculation theory
McGuire
Attraction (in order of importance)
Self-serving attributional bias
Gain-loss theory
19. 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
Stanley MIlgram (study)
Balance theory
Reciprocal interaction
Sleeper effect
20. Presence of others enhance or hinder performance
Social facilitation
bystander effect
Hindsight bias
Attitude
21. Petty and Cacioppo; model of persuasion suggests those involved in an issue listen to strength of arguments rather than more superficial factors
Slippery slope
elaboration likelihood model
Reactance
Kenneth and Mamie Clark
22. Likely to occur in a group with unquestioned beliefs - pressure to conform - invulnerability - censors - cohesiveness - isolation - strong leader; to minimize conflict and reach consensus without critical testing - analyzing - or evaluating
Frustration-aggression hypothesis
Groupthink
Risky shift
Philip Zimbardo
23. Heider; how people make feelings/actions consistent to preserve psychological homeostasis
Slippery slope
Bogus pipeline
Risky shift
Balance theory
24. Theory of reasoned action
Attitude
Richard Lazarus
Hawthorne effect
M. Fischbein and I. Ajzen
25. 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
Foot-in-the-door phenomenon
Sunk cost
Impression management
McGuire
26. The total influences upon individual behavior
Life space
Stanley Milgram
Field theory
Attitude
27. The attributions we make about our actions or those of others usually accurate; we base this on consistency - distinctiveness - and consensus of the action
Stuart Valins
Gain-loss theory
Harold Kelley
Mere-exposure effect
28. 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
Stimulus-overload theory
Stuart Valins
Slippery slope
Field theory
29. 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
Henry Landsberger
Self-perception theory
M.J.Lerner
Social exchange theory
30. Most in a group privately disagree but incorrectly believe most in group agree
Social comparison
Slippery slope
Pluralistic ignorance
Role
31. Method of work design - acknowledges interaction between people and technology in the workplace
Kaplan:Relationship betwen P - O and X
Leon Festinger
Sociotechnical systems
Illusion of control
32. Behaving in ways that might make a good impression
Illusory correlation
Impression management
Slippery slope
Foot-in-the-door phenomenon
33. 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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34. Refusal to conform - may occur as result of blatant attempt to control; will not conform if forewarned that others will try to change them
Self-presentation
Reactance
diffusion of responsibility
Excitation-transfer theory
35. Competition for scare resources usually causes conflict in a group - Sherif'S Robber'S cave experiment
Overjustification effect
competition
Social Psychology
Risky shift
36. Lewin; life space; pushes person in the direction of + valence - away from - valence
Leon Festinger
Morton Deutsch
Halo effect
Vector (life space)
37. 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
Self-presentation
Excitation-transfer theory
elaboration likelihood model
Pluralistic ignorance
38. Showed that we lack awareness for why we do what we do
Richard Nisbett
Illusory correlation
Kaplan:Relationship betwen P - O and X
Acceptance
39. Illusion of control
Ellen Langer
Vector (life space)
Hawthorne effect
Philip Zimbardo
40. Self-perception theory
Balance theory
Daryl Bem
Reciprocal socialization
Richard Lazarus
41. Studied stres sand coping - - differentiated between problem-focused coping (changing stressor) and emotion-focused coping (changing response)
diffusion of responsibility
Sunk cost
Trucking company game
Richard Lazarus
42. Follows from self-perception theory; tendency to assume we must not want to do things we are paid or compensated to do
Barrier (life space)
Risky shift
M. Fischbein and I. Ajzen
Overjustification effect
43. Set of behaviour norms that seem suitable for a person
Role
Ellen Langer
Sleeper effect
deindividuation
44. Assuming most other people think as you do
Self-monitoring
Barrier (life space)
False consensus bias
Risky shift
45. Stoner; group discussion generally serves to strengthen the already dominant point of view; explains risky shift
Compliance
Muzafer Sherif
Group polarization
Illusion of control
46. Study how to increase worker productivity at Hawthorne Works - reported anything they did increased productivity; because performance changes when people are being observed
Representativeness heuristic
Gain-loss theory
Sunk cost
Hawthorne effect
47. Sharing secrets/feelings facilitates emotional closeness
Social comparison
Passionate love
Pluralistic ignorance
Reciprocity of disclosure
48. Assuming 2 unrelated things are related
M. Fischbein and I. Ajzen
Social loafing
Leon Festinger
Illusory correlation
49. When one'S expectations draw out (in a way - cause) the expected behaviour
Richard Nisbett
Hazel Markus
Self-fulfilling prophecy
Frustration-aggression hypothesis
50. Process by which people pay close attention to their actions - often change behaviours to be more favourable
Kurt Lewin
Kaplan:Relationship betwen P - O and X
Self-monitoring
M. Fischbein and I. Ajzen