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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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






2. Assuming most other people think as you do






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






4. Assuming 2 unrelated things are related






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






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






7. Sharing secrets/feelings facilitates emotional closeness






8. 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)






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






10. 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






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






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






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






14. 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






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






16. 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)






17. Groups take greater risks than individuals






18. 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






19. Groupthink






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






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






22. The total influences upon individual behavior






23. 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






24. Hawthorne effect






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






26. 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






27. 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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28. Cognitive dissonance theory






29. Frustration-aggression hypothesis






30. Self-perception theory






31. Studied racial bias and belief similarity - people prefer to be with like-minded people more than like-skinned; racial bias decreases as attitude similarity between people increases






32. Illusion of control






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






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






35. 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






36. Doll preference studies






37. 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






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






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






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






41. 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






42. 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






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






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






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






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






47. Study how to increase worker productivity at Hawthorne Works - reported anything they did increased productivity; because performance changes when people are being observed






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






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






50. Presence of others enhance or hinder performance