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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. Self-perception theory






2. 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






3. Those in a group think their members have more positive qualities and fewer negative than members in another group even if qualities are the same; basis for prejudice






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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






10. Presence of others enhance or hinder performance






11. 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






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






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






15. Sharing secrets/feelings facilitates emotional closeness






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






17. 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






18. 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






19. 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






20. Theory of reasoned action






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






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






23. Groups take greater risks than individuals






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






25. 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






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






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






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






29. 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






30. 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






31. 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






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






33. Sales tactic - persuader ask for more than they would ever get and then 'Settle' for less






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

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35. 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






36. 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






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






38. Cognitive dissonance theory






39. The total influences upon individual behavior






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






41. 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






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






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






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






45. Group polarization






46. Person who speaks out against majority






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. Doll preference studies






49. 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)






50. 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)