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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. Behaving in ways that might make a good impression






2. 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






3. Ellen langer - Belief that you can control things that you actually have no influence on - The driving force behind manipulating the lottery - gambling and superstition






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






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






6. 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






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






8. Argued that human have 6 basic emotions: sadness - happiness - fear - anger - surprise - disgust - drew conclusion from cross-cultural studies - individuals could recognize facial expressions corresponding to those six; FACS coding






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






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






11. Code facial expressions for emotion; can determine whether a smile is genuine (happiness engages the upper cheek) or fake (eyes and whole face are less involved)






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






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






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






15. Lewin; life space; + if person thinks region will reduce tension by meeting present needs - - if region with increase tension/ danger






16. Experiment - people'S descriptions of the autokinetic effect were influenced by others' descriptions; also win/lose game-type competition can trigger conflict in groups - Robbers' cave experiment






17. Sharing secrets/feelings facilitates emotional closeness






18. Assuming 2 unrelated things are related






19. 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






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






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






22. Illusion of control






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






24. 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






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






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






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






28. 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






29. 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






30. The total influences upon individual behavior






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






32. Attribution theory - balance theory






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






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






35. 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






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






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






38. Frustration-aggression hypothesis






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






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






41. Set of behaviour norms that seem suitable for a person






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






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






45. Elaboration likelihood model






46. 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






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






48. 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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49. Groups take greater risks than individuals






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







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