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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. 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)






2. The total influences upon individual behavior






3. Elaboration likelihood model






4. 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






5. 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






6. Attribution theory - balance theory






7. Tendency to make simple explanations for complex events - people hold onto original ideas about cause even when new factors emerge






8. 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






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






10. Frustration-aggression hypothesis






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






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






13. 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)






14. 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






15. 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






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






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






18. Theory of reasoned action






19. 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






20. 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 -






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






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






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






24. Just world bias






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






26. Sharing secrets/feelings facilitates emotional closeness






27. 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






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. 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






31. Self-perception theory






32. Assuming 2 unrelated things are related






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






34. 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






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






36. Inoculation theory






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






38. 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






39. 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






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






41. Person who speaks out against majority






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






43. 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






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






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






46. Conformity; change actions and beliefs to conform






47. 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






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






49. Cognitive dissonance theory






50. Hawthorne effect