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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. 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






2. 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






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






4. Beliefs are more vulnerable if never faced challenge






5. Conformity; change actions and beliefs to conform






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






7. 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






8. 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)






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






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






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






12. Person who speaks out against majority






13. Groups take greater risks than individuals






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






15. Doll preference studies






16. 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






17. Argued that human have 6 basic emotions: sadness - happiness - fear - anger - surprise - disgust - drew conclusion from cross-cultural studies - individuals could recognize facial expressions corresponding to those six; FACS coding






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






19. Thinking if someone has a good quality then he has only good qualities






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 students in long-corridor dorms more stressed and withdrawn than those in suite-style






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






22. 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






23. 2 basic types of love: passionate love and compassionate love






24. 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






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






26. Group polarization






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






28. 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






29. 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






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






31. 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






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






33. 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






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






35. Presence of others enhance or hinder performance






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






37. 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






38. 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






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






40. 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






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






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






43. Self-perception theory






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






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






46. Conformity; go along publicly but not privately






47. 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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48. Inoculation theory






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






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







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