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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. Conformity; go along publicly but not privately






2. Tendency to make simple explanations for complex events - people hold onto original ideas about cause even when new factors emerge






3. 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






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






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






6. Hawthorne effect






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






8. Behaving in ways that might make a good impression






9. 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






10. 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






11. Doll preference studies






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






13. Stoner; group discussion generally serves to strengthen the already dominant point of view; explains risky shift






14. Assuming most other people think as you do






15. Festinger; it is uncomfortable for people to have beliefs that do not match actions; people are motivated to back actions up by changing beliefs; the less act is justified by circumstance - the more we feel need to justify it by aligning attitude wit






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






17. Fischbein and Ajzen; people'S behaviour in a given situation is determined by attitude about situation and social norms; perceived behavioural control - attitude toward behaviour - behavioural intentions - subjective social norms; grounded in various






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






19. 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






20. 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






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






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






23. 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






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






25. The total influences upon individual behavior






26. 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






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






28. First official social psychology experiment on social facilitation; cyclists performed better when paced by others






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






30. Person who speaks out against majority






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






32. 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






33. 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






34. Groupthink






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






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






37. 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






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






39. Groups take greater risks than individuals






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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






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






47. 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






48. 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






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






50. Attribution theory - balance theory