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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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






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






3. 2 basic types of love: passionate love and compassionate love






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






5. People most comfortable in situations which rewards and punishments are equal - fitting - or logical; - overbenefited people feel guilt - random/ illogical punishments create anxiety






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






7. 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






8. Expense incurred and cannot be recovered; because money already spent is irrelevant to the future - best to ignore these when making decisions but we often do not






9. Groups take greater risks than individuals






10. Believing after the fact that you knew something all along






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






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






13. 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






14. 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 -






15. Theory of reasoned action






16. 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






17. Cognitive dissonance theory






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






19. Attribution theory - balance theory






20. 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






21. Elaboration likelihood model






22. 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






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






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






25. Hawthorne effect






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






28. Illusion of control






29. 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)






30. Groupthink






31. 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






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






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






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






36. Sharing secrets/feelings facilitates emotional closeness






37. 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






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






39. 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






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






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






42. Frustration-aggression hypothesis






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






44. Showed that we lack awareness for why we do what we do






45. 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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46. Doll preference studies






47. 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






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






49. It is majority opinion - majority has unanimous position - majority has high status majority or individual is concerned for her own status - situation in public - not previously committed to a position - low self-esteem - scores high on authoritarian






50. Person who speaks out against majority