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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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






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






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






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






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






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






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. 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






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






10. Elaboration likelihood model






11. Theory of reasoned action






12. 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






13. Presence of others enhance or hinder performance






14. Groups take greater risks than individuals






15. 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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16. 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)






17. Hawthorne effect






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. 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

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






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






29. 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






30. 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






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






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






33. Cognitive dissonance theory






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






35. 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






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






37. 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






38. Groupthink






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






40. 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






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






42. 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






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






44. 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






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






46. Self-perception theory






47. Illusion of control






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






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






50. Assuming most other people think as you do