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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. Had subjects listen to 'opinion' of others of which lines were equal - subjects conformed to clearly incorrect opinion of others 33% of the time; unanimity seemed to be influential






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






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






4. 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






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






6. 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






7. Sharing secrets/feelings facilitates emotional closeness






8. 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






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






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






11. 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






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






13. The tendency that the larger the group - the less likely individuals in the group will act or take responsibility - result of deindividuation (Kitty Genovese care)






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






15. 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






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






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






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






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






20. 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






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






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






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






24. 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






25. 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






26. 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






27. 2 basic types of love: passionate love and compassionate love






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. Presence of others enhance or hinder performance






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






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. 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






33. Studied stres sand coping - - differentiated between problem-focused coping (changing stressor) and emotion-focused coping (changing response)






34. 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






35. Self-perception theory






36. 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






37. 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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38. Elaboration likelihood model






39. Behaving in ways that might make a good impression






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






41. Group polarization






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






43. Frustration-aggression hypothesis






44. Doll preference studies






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






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






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






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






49. 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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50. Inoculation theory







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