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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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






2. 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)






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






4. Illusion of control






5. Just world bias






6. Hawthorne effect






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






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. People act in order to obtain gain and avoid loss; people favour situations that start out negative and end positive - even compared to completely positive situations






10. Milgram; explains why urbanities are less prosocial than country people; they do not need any more interaction; e.g. emergency situations familiar to city people - novelty for town people will attract attention and help






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






12. 2 basic types of love: passionate love and compassionate love






13. 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






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






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






17. Cognitive dissonance theory






18. 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






19. 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






20. 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






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






22. Self-perception theory






23. 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






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






25. 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






26. Conformity; change actions and beliefs to conform






27. Most in a group privately disagree but incorrectly believe most in group agree






28. 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






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






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






31. Attribution theory - balance theory






32. Elaboration likelihood model






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






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






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






36. 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






37. 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






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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)






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






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






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






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






48. 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






49. Overestimating the general frequency of things we are most familiar with






50. 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