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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. Presence of others enhance or hinder performance






2. 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






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






4. 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






5. Festinger; it is uncomfortable for people to have beliefs that do not match actions; people are motivated to back actions up by changing beliefs; the less act is justified by circumstance - the more we feel need to justify it by aligning attitude wit






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






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






9. 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






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






11. Illusion of control






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






13. 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)






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






15. Assuming 2 unrelated things are related






16. Sharing secrets/feelings facilitates emotional closeness






17. 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






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






19. founder of social psychology -; - applied Gestalt ideas to social behaviour; - conceived field theory - life space - valence - vector - barrier






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. Behaving in ways that might make a good impression






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






23. Assuming most other people think as you do






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. 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






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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






32. Group polarization






33. Theory of reasoned action






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






35. 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






36. Just world bias






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






38. Groups take greater risks than individuals






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






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






41. 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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42. Overestimating the general frequency of things we are most familiar with






43. 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 -






44. 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






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






46. 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






47. Conformity; go along publicly but not privately






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






49. 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






50. 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