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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. Conformity; go along publicly but not privately






2. 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






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






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






5. 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






6. Heider; how people infer causes of other'S behaviour; attribute intentions and emotions to almost anything - even shapes on a screen; 3 elements: locus - stability - controllability






7. Groupthink






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






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






10. Conformity; change actions and beliefs to conform






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






12. Doing a small favour makes people more willing to do larger ones later






13. 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






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






15. 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)






16. Assuming most other people think as you do






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






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






19. 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 -






20. Presence of others enhance or hinder performance






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






22. 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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Group polarization






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. 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






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






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






35. Illusion of control






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






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






38. Self-perception theory






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






40. Most in a group privately disagree but incorrectly believe most in group agree






41. Behaving in ways that might make a good impression






42. 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






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






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






45. 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






46. The total influences upon individual behavior






47. 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






48. Cognitive dissonance theory






49. Beliefs are more vulnerable if never faced challenge






50. Hawthorne effect