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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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






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






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






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






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






6. 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)






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. 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






10. Frustration-aggression hypothesis






11. Elaboration likelihood model






12. 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






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






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






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






16. The total influences upon individual behavior






17. 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






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






19. Conformity; change actions and beliefs to conform






20. Hawthorne effect






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






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 students in long-corridor dorms more stressed and withdrawn than those in suite-style






23. Self-perception theory






24. 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






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






26. 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 -






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






28. Attribution theory - balance theory






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






30. 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






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






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






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






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






35. 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






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






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






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






39. 2 basic types of love: passionate love and compassionate love






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






42. An instrument that measures physiological reactions in order to measure truthfulness of attitude self-reporting






43. 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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44. Presence of others enhance or hinder performance






45. Continued Milgram'S study - --> deindividuated individuals more willing to administer higher levels of shock; --> prison simulation experiments found normal subjects could easily be transformed into sadistic prison guards; --> also found antisocial b






46. Lewin; life space; block locomotion between regions of person and psychological environment






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






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






49. Occurs when individual identity or accountability is de-emphasized - may be the result of mingling in a crowd - wearing uniforms - or otherwise adopting a larger group identity






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