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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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






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






3. 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






4. Method of work design - acknowledges interaction between people and technology in the workplace






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






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






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






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






9. 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






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






11. 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






12. Behaving in ways that might make a good impression






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






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






15. Doll preference studies






16. 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






17. Group polarization






18. Beliefs are more vulnerable if never faced challenge






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






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






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






22. 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






23. 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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24. Presence of others enhance or hinder performance






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






26. Theory of reasoned action






27. Assuming 2 unrelated things are related






28. Going along with real or perceived group pressure - compliance - acceptance






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






31. Cognitive dissonance theory






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






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






34. Conformity; change actions and beliefs to conform






35. Groupthink






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






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






38. 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






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






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






41. Inoculation theory






42. Petty and Cacioppo; model of persuasion suggests those involved in an issue listen to strength of arguments rather than more superficial factors






43. Experiment - people'S descriptions of the autokinetic effect were influenced by others' descriptions; also win/lose game-type competition can trigger conflict in groups - Robbers' cave experiment






44. 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






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






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. 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






48. Frustration-aggression hypothesis






49. Person who speaks out against majority






50. Elaboration likelihood model







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