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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. 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


2. Prejudice - showed group conflict most effectively overcome by need for cooperative attention to a higher superordinate goal; 2 groups of 12-year-old boys - 3 phases of group dynamics: in-group phase (bonding with own group) - friction phase (groups


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






4. 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






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






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






7. Assuming most other people think as you do






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






9. Most in a group privately disagree but incorrectly believe most in group agree






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 students in long-corridor dorms more stressed and withdrawn than those in suite-style






11. Frustration-aggression hypothesis






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






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






14. Presence of others enhance or hinder performance






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






16. 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


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






18. Just world bias






19. Hawthorne effect






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






21. 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)






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






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






24. 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






25. 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






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






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






28. Behaving in ways that might make a good impression






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






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






31. Beliefs are more vulnerable if never faced challenge






32. Conformity; change actions and beliefs to conform






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






34. 2 basic types of love: passionate love and compassionate love






35. 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






36. Tendency to make simple explanations for complex events - people hold onto original ideas about cause even when new factors emerge






37. 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






38. The total influences upon individual behavior






39. Process by which people pay close attention to their actions - often change behaviours to be more favourable






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






41. Competition for scare resources usually causes conflict in a group - Sherif'S Robber'S cave experiment






42. 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






43. 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






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






45. 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






46. Self-perception theory






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






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






49. 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






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