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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. Groups take greater risks than individuals






2. 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






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






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






5. 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






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






7. 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






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






9. 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






10. Beliefs are more vulnerable if never faced challenge






11. 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






12. founder of social psychology -; - applied Gestalt ideas to social behaviour; - conceived field theory - life space - valence - vector - barrier






13. Frustration-aggression hypothesis






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






15. 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)






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






17. Illusion of control






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






19. 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






20. 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






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






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






23. Group polarization






24. Theory of reasoned action






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






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






27. 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






28. 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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29. 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






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






31. Groupthink






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






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






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






35. 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






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






37. Sharing secrets/feelings facilitates emotional closeness






38. Clark; demonstrated negative effects that group segregation had on African-American children'S self-esteem - they thought white dolls were better






39. 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






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






41. 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






42. Person who speaks out against majority






43. 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






44. 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






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






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






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






49. Inoculation theory






50. Conformity; go along publicly but not privately