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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. Assuming 2 unrelated things are related






3. 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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4. 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






5. Cognitive dissonance theory






6. Doll preference studies






7. Presence of others enhance or hinder performance






8. Sharing secrets/feelings facilitates emotional closeness






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






10. Beliefs are more vulnerable if never faced challenge






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






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






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






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






15. 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






16. 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






17. Sales tactic - persuader ask for more than they would ever get and then 'Settle' for less






18. 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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19. Humans interact in ways that maximize reward and minimize costs






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






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






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






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






24. 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 commander - legitimate-seeming






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






26. 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






27. Theory of reasoned action






28. Hawthorne effect






29. Just world bias






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






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






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






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






34. 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






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






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






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






38. Groups take greater risks than individuals






39. 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






40. 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






41. 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)






42. 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






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






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






45. 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






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






47. 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






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






49. 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






50. Person who speaks out against majority