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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. 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






2. 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 -






3. Illusion of control






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






5. 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






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






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






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






10. Assuming most other people think as you do






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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






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






18. The total influences upon individual behavior






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






20. 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






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






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






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






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






25. 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)






26. Person who speaks out against majority






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






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






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






30. 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






31. 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






32. Just world bias






33. Cognitive dissonance theory






34. Frustration-aggression hypothesis






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






36. 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






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






38. 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






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






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






41. Doll preference studies






42. Self-perception theory






43. 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






44. Conformity; go along publicly but not privately






45. Presence of others enhance or hinder performance






46. 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






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






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






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






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