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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. 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






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






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






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






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






6. Studied environmental influences on behaviour; architecture matters. students in long-corridor dorms more stressed and withdrawn than those in suite-style






7. Just world bias






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






9. 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






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






11. Behaving in ways that might make a good impression






12. Presence of others enhance or hinder performance






13. 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






14. Doll preference studies






15. 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






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






17. 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






18. Prisoner'S dilemma - trucking company game to illustrate struggle between cooperation and competition






19. Groups take greater risks than individuals






20. Attribution theory - balance theory






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






22. Sometimes attribute excitement or physiological arousal about one thing to something else (e.g. bungee jumping on first date)






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






24. 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






25. 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






26. Elaboration likelihood model






27. 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






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






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






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






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






32. Illusion of control






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






34. 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






35. Assuming 2 unrelated things are related






36. 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






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






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






39. Cognitive dissonance theory






40. 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






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






42. Conformity; change actions and beliefs to conform






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






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






45. Group polarization






46. 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






47. Study how to increase worker productivity at Hawthorne Works - reported anything they did increased productivity; because performance changes when people are being observed






48. Assuming most other people think as you do






49. Groupthink






50. The total influences upon individual behavior