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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. 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






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






3. Assuming 2 unrelated things are related






4. 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






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






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






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






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. Believing after the fact that you knew something all along






10. 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






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






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






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






14. Person who speaks out against majority






15. 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






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






17. 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






18. 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






19. 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






20. Conformity; change actions and beliefs to conform






21. Beliefs are more vulnerable if never faced challenge






22. Inoculation theory






23. Frustration-aggression hypothesis






24. Theory of reasoned action






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






26. 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


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






28. 2 basic types of love: passionate love and compassionate love






29. Intense longing for the union with another and a state of profound physiological arousal - biophysiological - can be positive(when love is reciprocal) and negative (when love is unrequited)






30. 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






31. 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






32. 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






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






34. 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






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






36. 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


37. Self-perception theory






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






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






40. Just world bias






41. Assuming most other people think as you do






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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






48. 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






49. Hawthorne effect






50. Prejudice - showed group conflict most effectively overcome by need for cooperative attention to a higher superordinate goal; 2 groups of 12-year-old boys - 3 phases of group dynamics: in-group phase (bonding with own group) - friction phase (groups