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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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






2. Group polarization






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






4. 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






5. Conformity; go along publicly but not privately






6. Hawthorne effect






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






8. Groups take greater risks than individuals






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






10. Groupthink






11. Presence of others enhance or hinder performance






12. Person who speaks out against majority






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 students in long-corridor dorms more stressed and withdrawn than those in suite-style






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






15. Doll preference studies






16. 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






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






18. 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






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






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






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






22. Assuming most other people think as you do






23. 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






24. 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






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






26. 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






27. 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






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






29. Attribution theory - balance theory






30. 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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31. Believing after the fact that you knew something all along






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






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






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






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






36. 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






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






38. 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)






39. 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






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






41. 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






42. 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






43. 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






44. 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






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






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






47. 2 basic types of love: passionate love and compassionate love






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






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