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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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






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






3. 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






4. 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






5. 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)






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






7. Follows from self-perception theory; tendency to assume we must not want to do things we are paid or compensated to do






8. Theory of reasoned action






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. 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






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






12. Presence of others enhance or hinder performance






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 students in long-corridor dorms more stressed and withdrawn than those in suite-style






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






15. 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






16. Tendency to work less hard in a group as a result of diffusion of responsibility; guarded against when each individual is closely monitored






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






18. 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






19. 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






20. 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






21. 2 basic types of love: passionate love and compassionate love






22. 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






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






24. Beliefs are more vulnerable if never faced challenge






25. 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 -






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






27. 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






28. Cognitive dissonance theory






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






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






31. The total influences upon individual behavior






32. 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






33. Just world bias






34. Doll preference studies






35. 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






36. 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






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






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






39. Conformity; change actions and beliefs to conform






40. 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






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






42. 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






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






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






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






47. 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






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






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






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