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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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






3. Self-perception theory






4. 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






5. 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 -






6. 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






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






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






9. 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






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






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






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






13. 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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14. Presence of others enhance or hinder performance






15. 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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16. Nursing home residents with plants to care for have better health






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






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






19. Behaving in ways that might make a good impression






20. 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






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






22. 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






23. 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






24. The total influences upon individual behavior






25. 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






26. Person who speaks out against majority






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






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






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






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






31. Assuming 2 unrelated things are related






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






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






34. Frustration-aggression hypothesis






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






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






37. Hawthorne effect






38. 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






39. 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






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






41. Group polarization






42. 2 basic types of love: passionate love and compassionate love






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






44. Theory of reasoned action






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






46. Conformity; change actions and beliefs to conform






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






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






49. 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






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