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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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






2. Self-perception theory






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






4. 2 basic types of love: passionate love and compassionate love






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






6. 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






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






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






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






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






12. 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






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






14. Groupthink






15. 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






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






17. 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






18. Theory of reasoned action






19. 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)






20. 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






21. Attribution theory - balance theory






22. 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






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






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






25. Person who speaks out against majority






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






27. Studied subjects who were first made to believe a state and then later told it was false. subjects continued to believe the state if they had processed it and devised their own logical explanation for it






28. Conformity; change actions and beliefs to conform






29. 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 -






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






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






32. 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






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






34. Conformity; go along publicly but not privately






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






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






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






38. Hawthorne effect






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






40. Doll preference studies






41. Inoculation theory






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






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. Presence of others enhance or hinder performance






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






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






47. Believing after the fact that you knew something all along






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






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






50. 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







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