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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. 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






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






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






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. Conformity; change actions and beliefs to conform






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






7. Theory of reasoned action






8. 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






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






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






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






12. Groups take greater risks than individuals






13. 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






14. 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






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






16. Behaving in ways that might make a good impression






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






18. 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






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






21. Self-perception theory






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






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






24. Group polarization






25. 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






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. Overestimating the general frequency of things we are most familiar with






28. 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






29. 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






30. Just world bias






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






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






33. 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






34. Inoculation theory






35. 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)






36. 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






37. When people think there is a higher proportion of one thing in a group than there really is because examples of that one thing come to mind more easily; e.g. read a list - half celebrity names - half random - may think more celebrities than random be






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. The total influences upon individual behavior






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






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






42. 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






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






44. Process by which people pay close attention to their actions - often change behaviours to be more favourable






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






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






47. 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






48. 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






49. 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






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







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