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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. 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 -






2. Milgram; explains why urbanities are less prosocial than country people; they do not need any more interaction; e.g. emergency situations familiar to city people - novelty for town people will attract attention and help






3. 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






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






6. 2 basic types of love: passionate love and compassionate love






7. 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






8. 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






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






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






11. Doll preference studies






12. 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






13. Beliefs are more vulnerable if never faced challenge






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






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






17. 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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18. Presence of others helps with easy tasks but hinders complex tasks






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






20. 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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21. Inoculation theory






22. 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






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






24. 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)






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






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






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






28. Person who speaks out against majority






29. 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






30. Assuming 2 unrelated things are related






31. 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






32. 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






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






34. 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






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






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






37. 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






38. 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






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






40. 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






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






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






43. Clark; demonstrated negative effects that group segregation had on African-American children'S self-esteem - they thought white dolls were better






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






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






46. Cognitive dissonance theory






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






48. Assuming most other people think as you do






49. 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






50. Just world bias