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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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






2. 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






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






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






5. 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






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






7. 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






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






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






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






11. 2 basic types of love: passionate love and compassionate love






12. Sharing secrets/feelings facilitates emotional closeness






13. 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






14. 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)






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


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






18. 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


19. Interpreting own actions and motives ina positive way - blaming situations for failures and taking credit for successes; think self as better than average






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






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






22. Code facial expressions for emotion; can determine whether a smile is genuine (happiness engages the upper cheek) or fake (eyes and whole face are less involved)






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






24. 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






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






26. 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






27. 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






28. Person who speaks out against majority






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






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






31. 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






32. 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






33. Going along with real or perceived group pressure - compliance - acceptance






34. 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


35. Conformity; go along publicly but not privately






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






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






38. Studied racial bias and belief similarity - people prefer to be with like-minded people more than like-skinned; racial bias decreases as attitude similarity between people increases






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






40. Behaving in ways that might make a good impression






41. 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






42. 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






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






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






45. 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 -






46. Inoculation theory






47. The affection we feel for those with whom our lives are deeply entwined - achieved via mutual trust - respect - and commitment






48. Assuming most other people think as you do






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






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