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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. Assuming 2 unrelated things are related






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






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






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






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






6. Doll preference studies






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 students in long-corridor dorms more stressed and withdrawn than those in suite-style






8. 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






9. Person who speaks out against majority






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






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






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






13. Theory of reasoned action






14. Presence of others enhance or hinder performance






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






16. 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






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






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






19. Groupthink






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






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






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






23. 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






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






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






26. 2 basic types of love: passionate love and compassionate love






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






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






29. Sharing secrets/feelings facilitates emotional closeness






30. Conformity; go along publicly but not privately






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






32. 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






33. 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






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. 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)






36. Hawthorne effect






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






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






40. Inoculation theory






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






42. Stimulus-overload theory; also 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






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






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






45. 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






46. Frustration-aggression hypothesis






47. Conformity; change actions and beliefs to conform






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






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






50. 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