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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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






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






3. 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






4. Cognitive dissonance theory






5. 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






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






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






8. Theory of reasoned action






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






10. Cross-cultural research; Eastern countries value interdependence over independence; for example - in Japan - individuals likelier to demonstrate conformity - modesty - and pessimism; where in the U.S. - likelier to show optimism - self-enhancement -






11. Hawthorne effect






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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






19. 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






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






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






22. With opposing party decreases conflict - we fear what we do not know`






23. The total influences upon individual behavior






24. How stimuli are rated - the more we see/experience something - the more positively we rate it






25. 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






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






27. 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






28. Person who speaks out against majority






29. Just world bias






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






31. Assuming most other people think as you do






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






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






34. 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






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






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






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






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






39. 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






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






41. 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






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






43. 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






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






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






47. Assuming 2 unrelated things are related






48. Doll preference studies






49. Groupthink






50. Presence of others helps with easy tasks but hinders complex tasks