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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. 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






2. Assuming 2 unrelated things are related






3. Illusion of control






4. Doll preference studies






5. 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






6. 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






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






8. Assuming most other people think as you do






9. 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






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






11. Attribution theory - balance theory






12. Elaboration likelihood model






13. 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






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






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






16. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Inoculation theory






33. Conformity; change actions and beliefs to conform






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






35. 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






36. Self-perception theory






37. 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






38. 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






39. Person who speaks out against majority






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






41. Beliefs are more vulnerable if never faced challenge






42. Sharing secrets/feelings facilitates emotional closeness






43. 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 -






44. 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






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






46. Studied stres sand coping - - differentiated between problem-focused coping (changing stressor) and emotion-focused coping (changing response)






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






48. Groupthink






49. Theory of reasoned action






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