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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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






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






3. Conformity; change actions and beliefs to conform






4. 2 basic types of love: passionate love and compassionate love






5. 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






6. 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






7. 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






8. Presence of others enhance or hinder performance






9. Assuming most other people think as you do






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






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






12. 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






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






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






15. 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






16. 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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17. Person who speaks out against majority






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






19. 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






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






21. 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)






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






23. 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






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






25. 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

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26. Groupthink






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






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






29. Achieved through: self-perception - high-self-monitoring - internality - self-efficacy; experiments facilitate this by having subjects perform tasks while looking in a mirror; deindividuation works against it






30. 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






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






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






33. Illusion of control






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






35. 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






36. 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






37. 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 -






38. 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






39. 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






40. Self-perception theory






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






42. 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






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






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






45. 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






46. Method of work design - acknowledges interaction between people and technology in the workplace






47. Hawthorne effect






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






49. 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






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