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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. 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)






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






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






4. 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






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






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






7. 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






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






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






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






11. 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






12. Those in a group think their members have more positive qualities and fewer negative than members in another group even if qualities are the same; basis for prejudice






13. Theory of reasoned action






14. Self-perception theory






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






16. Groups take greater risks than individuals






17. Follows from self-perception theory; tendency to assume we must not want to do things we are paid or compensated to do






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






19. Conformity; go along publicly but not privately






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






21. 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






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






23. Conformity; change actions and beliefs to conform






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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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30. Studied environmental influences on behaviour; architecture matters. students in long-corridor dorms more stressed and withdrawn than those in suite-style






31. Beliefs are more vulnerable if never faced challenge






32. Bem; alternative explanation to cognitive dissonance; - when people are unsure of beliefs - they take cues from own behaviour (rather than aligning beliefs to match actions) - $1000 to work on Saturday






33. 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






34. Illusion of control






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






36. 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






37. Just world bias






38. 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






39. Groupthink






40. 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






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






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






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






44. The total influences upon individual behavior






45. Group polarization






46. 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






47. Sharing secrets/feelings facilitates emotional closeness






48. Behaving in ways that might make a good impression






49. Person who speaks out against majority






50. Attribution theory - balance theory