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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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






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






3. Doll preference studies






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






5. 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






6. 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






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






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






9. Hawthorne effect






10. 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






11. Person who speaks out against majority






12. 2 basic types of love: passionate love and compassionate love






13. Elaboration likelihood model






14. 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)






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






16. Berkowitz; there is a relationship between frustration in achieving a goal (no matter how small) and show aggression






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






18. Cognitive dissonance theory






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






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






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






22. 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






23. 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






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






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. 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






27. 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






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






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






30. Conformity; change actions and beliefs to conform






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






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






33. 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






34. Assuming most other people think as you do






35. 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






36. Groupthink






37. Frustration-aggression hypothesis






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






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






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






41. 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






42. Conformity; go along publicly but not privately






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






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






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. 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






47. 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






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






50. 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