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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. Behaving in ways that might make a good impression






2. Groupthink






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






4. The total influences upon individual behavior






5. Attribution theory - balance theory






6. 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






7. Beliefs are more vulnerable if never faced challenge






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






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






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






11. 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






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






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 students in long-corridor dorms more stressed and withdrawn than those in suite-style






14. 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






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






16. Sharing secrets/feelings facilitates emotional closeness






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






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






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






20. 2 basic types of love: passionate love and compassionate love






21. Theory of reasoned action






22. 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






23. Group polarization






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






25. 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






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






27. Petty and Cacioppo; model of persuasion suggests those involved in an issue listen to strength of arguments rather than more superficial factors






28. 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






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. 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






31. 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 -






32. Code facial expressions for emotion; can determine whether a smile is genuine (happiness engages the upper cheek) or fake (eyes and whole face are less involved)






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






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






35. Person who speaks out against majority






36. 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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37. Doll preference studies






38. 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






39. 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






40. 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






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






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






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






44. 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






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






46. 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






47. 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






48. Inoculation theory






49. 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






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







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