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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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






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






3. 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






4. 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






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






6. 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






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






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






9. Elaboration likelihood model






10. Inoculation theory






11. 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






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






13. Assuming most other people think as you do






14. 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






15. 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






16. Conformity; change actions and beliefs to conform






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






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






19. Process by which people pay close attention to their actions - often change behaviours to be more favourable






20. Groups take greater risks than individuals






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






22. 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






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






24. Groupthink






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






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






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






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






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






30. People most comfortable in situations which rewards and punishments are equal - fitting - or logical; - overbenefited people feel guilt - random/ illogical punishments create anxiety






31. Doll preference studies






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






33. 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






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






35. 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






36. 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






37. 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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38. The total influences upon individual behavior






39. Cognitive dissonance theory






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






41. 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






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






44. Presence of others enhance or hinder performance






45. 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)






46. Believing after the fact that you knew something all along






47. 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






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






49. Beliefs are more vulnerable if never faced challenge






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