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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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






2. 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






3. Sharing secrets/feelings facilitates emotional closeness






4. Attribution theory - balance theory






5. Theory of reasoned action






6. Just world bias






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






8. Frustration-aggression hypothesis






9. 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






10. 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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Festinger; it is uncomfortable for people to have beliefs that do not match actions; people are motivated to back actions up by changing beliefs; the less act is justified by circumstance - the more we feel need to justify it by aligning attitude wit






18. 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






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






20. 2 basic types of love: passionate love and compassionate love






21. 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






22. 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






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






24. Evaluating one'S own actions - abilities - opinions - and ideas and comparing to others; - since others are generally familiar people (own social group) - used for argument against mainstreaming; --> when children with difficulties in classes with no






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






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






29. Conformity; change actions and beliefs to conform






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






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






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






33. 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 -






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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






41. Group polarization






42. 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






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






44. 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






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






46. 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






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






48. 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






49. Groups take greater risks than individuals






50. Elaboration likelihood model







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