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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. Cognitive dissonance theory






2. Behaving in ways that might make a good impression






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






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






5. Had subjects listen to 'opinion' of others of which lines were equal - subjects conformed to clearly incorrect opinion of others 33% of the time; unanimity seemed to be influential






6. Theory of reasoned action






7. 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






8. 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






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






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






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






12. Frustration-aggression hypothesis






13. 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






14. Just world bias






15. 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






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






17. Conformity; go along publicly but not privately






18. Doll preference studies






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






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






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






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






23. 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






24. 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)






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 students in long-corridor dorms more stressed and withdrawn than those in suite-style






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






27. 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






28. 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 -






29. Assuming 2 unrelated things are related






30. Beliefs are more vulnerable if never faced challenge






31. Groupthink






32. 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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33. 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






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






35. 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






36. 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






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






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






39. 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






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






42. An instrument that measures physiological reactions in order to measure truthfulness of attitude self-reporting






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






44. Group polarization






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






46. Groups take greater risks than individuals






47. Self-perception theory






48. 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






49. 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






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






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