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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. 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






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






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






4. 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






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






6. 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






7. 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






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






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






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






11. 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






12. 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






13. 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






14. Group polarization






15. 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






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






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






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






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. M.J. Lerner - The belief that good things happen to good people and bad things happen to bad people - it is uncomfortable for people to accept that bad things happen to good people - so they blame the victim






21. Self-perception theory






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






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






24. 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






25. Beliefs are more vulnerable if never faced challenge






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






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






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






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






30. 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)






31. 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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32. Conformity; go along publicly but not privately






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






34. 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






35. 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






36. Hawthorne effect






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






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






39. Doll preference studies






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






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






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






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






44. 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






45. Frustration-aggression hypothesis






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






47. Elaboration likelihood model






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






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






50. 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







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