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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology
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1. Self-perception theory
Social Psychology
diffusion of responsibility
Daryl Bem
Mere-exposure effect
2. The total influences upon individual behavior
Bogus pipeline
Excitation-transfer theory
Compliance
Field theory
3. Person who speaks out against majority
Balance theory
Excitation-transfer theory
elaboration likelihood model
Dissenter
4. Heider; how people make feelings/actions consistent to preserve psychological homeostasis
Stimulus-overload theory
Balance theory
competition
Acceptance
5. 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
Illusion of control
Kaplan:Relationship betwen P - O and X
Actor-observer attributional divergence
Facial Action Coding System (FACS)
6. 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
Base-rate fallacy
deindividuation
J. Rodin and E. Langer
Risky shift
7. Stimulus-overload theory; also 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
Self-fulfilling prophecy
Stanley Milgram
Valence (life space)
Robert Zajonc
8. An instrument that measures physiological reactions in order to measure truthfulness of attitude self-reporting
Self-serving attributional bias
Availability heuristic
Halo effect
Bogus pipeline
9. First official social psychology experiment on social facilitation; cyclists performed better when paced by others
Gain-loss theory
Balance theory
Norman Triplett
McGuire
10. Illusion of control
Ellen Langer
Solomon Asch
Prisoner'S dilemma
Morton Deutsch
11. Berkowitz; there is a relationship between frustration in achieving a goal (no matter how small) and show aggression
Role
Frustration-aggression hypothesis
Stanley Milgram
Robbers' cave experiment
12. 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
Oversimplification
Trucking company game
M. Rokeach
Daryl Bem
13. Logical fallacy; small - insignificant first step in one direction will lead to greater steps with a significant impact
Slippery slope
Self-fulfilling prophecy
Inoculation theory
Kaplan:Relationship betwen P - O and X
14. Lewin; life space; pushes person in the direction of + valence - away from - valence
Illusion of control
Valence (life space)
Impression management
Vector (life space)
15. Tendency for person doing the behaviour to have different perspective on situation than observer
James Stoner
Reactance
Actor-observer attributional divergence
Life space
16. 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
Robert Zajonc
Bogus pipeline
Slippery slope
Muzafer Sherif
17. 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
Reciprocity of disclosure
Representativeness heuristic
Kurt Lewin
Increase in likelihood to conform (factors)
18. 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
Factors that a speaker has to most likely change a listener'S attitude
Groupthink
Foot-in-the-door phenomenon
Stimulus-overload theory
19. Sales tactic - persuader ask for more than they would ever get and then 'Settle' for less
Door-in-the-face
Bogus pipeline
Conformity (types)
Peter principle
20. Studied stres sand coping - - differentiated between problem-focused coping (changing stressor) and emotion-focused coping (changing response)
Richard Lazarus
Facial Action Coding System (FACS)
Irving Janis
Base-rate fallacy
21. Attribution theory - balance theory
Illusion of control
Fritz Heider
doll preference studies
Leonard Berkowitz
22. Prisoner'S dilemma - trucking company game to illustrate struggle between cooperation and competition
Barrier (life space)
M.J.Lerner
Harold Kelley
Morton Deutsch
23. Theory of reasoned action
Hawthorne effect
M. Fischbein and I. Ajzen
Social facilitation
Lee Ross
24. When people think there is a higher proportion of one thing in a group than there really is because examples of that one thing come to mind more easily; e.g. read a list - half celebrity names - half random - may think more celebrities than random be
Self-monitoring
Impression management
Door-in-the-face
Availability heuristic
25. Sharing secrets/feelings facilitates emotional closeness
Self-serving attributional bias
Inoculation theory
Reciprocity of disclosure
Increase in likelihood to conform (factors)
26. founder of social psychology -; - applied Gestalt ideas to social behaviour; - conceived field theory - life space - valence - vector - barrier
Reciprocal interaction
diffusion of responsibility
Kurt Lewin
elaboration likelihood model
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
Theory of reasoned action/planned behaviour
McGuire
Ellen Langer
Social comparison
28. Going along with real or perceived group pressure - compliance - acceptance
Increase in likelihood to conform (factors)
Kenneth and Mamie Clark
Conformity (types)
Stimulus-overload theory
29. 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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30. A positive - negative or neutral evaluation of a person - issue or object
Sleeper effect
Attitude
Lee Ross
Kenneth and Mamie Clark
31. Groups take greater risks than individuals
Frustration-aggression hypothesis
Robbers' cave experiment
Life space
Risky shift
32. Presence of others enhance or hinder performance
Reciprocal interaction
Excitation-transfer theory
Peter principle
Social facilitation
33. Lewin; collection of forces (valence - vector - barrier) on the individual - field of perception and action
doll preference studies
Robert Zajonc
Life space
Halo effect
34. The study of how people relate to and influence each other
Social Psychology
Representativeness heuristic
Passionate love
Muzafer Sherif
35. 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
M.J.Lerner
Robbers' cave experiment
Sunk cost
Increase in likelihood to conform (factors)
36. Petty and Cacioppo; model of persuasion suggests those involved in an issue listen to strength of arguments rather than more superficial factors
Vector (life space)
elaboration likelihood model
Mere-exposure effect
M. Fischbein and I. Ajzen
37. Overestimating the general frequency of things we are most familiar with
Base-rate fallacy
Self-serving attributional bias
Increase in likelihood to conform (factors)
Hazel Markus
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
Group polarization
Self-monitoring
Stanley MIlgram (study)
Solomon Asch
39. Humans interact in ways that maximize reward and minimize costs
Prisoner'S dilemma
Ingroup/outgroup bias
Social exchange theory
Self-serving attributional bias
40. Interpreting own actions and motives ina positive way - blaming situations for failures and taking credit for successes; think self as better than average
Barrier (life space)
Kaplan:Relationship betwen P - O and X
Self-serving attributional bias
Morton Deutsch
41. Group polarization
Hindsight bias
Gain-loss theory
James Stoner
M. Rokeach
42. 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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43. Tendency to make simple explanations for complex events - people hold onto original ideas about cause even when new factors emerge
Representativeness heuristic
Valence (life space)
doll preference studies
Oversimplification
44. Showed that we lack awareness for why we do what we do
R.E. Petty and J.T. Cacioppo
Barrier (life space)
Fritz Heider
Richard Nisbett
45. 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
Life space
Just world bias
Illusory correlation
Ingroup/outgroup bias
46. Assuming most other people think as you do
Stanley MIlgram (study)
False consensus bias
Oversimplification
Compassionate love
47. Area of study that combines social and clinical ideas - for mental health
Daryl Bem
Social support network
Solomon Asch
Leonard Berkowitz
48. Competition for scare resources usually causes conflict in a group - Sherif'S Robber'S cave experiment
Barrier (life space)
Role
Availability heuristic
competition
49. 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)
Objective self-awareness
Frustration-aggression hypothesis
Passionate love
Fritz Heider
50. Nursing home residents with plants to care for have better health
Representativeness heuristic
Slippery slope
Stanley MIlgram (study)
J. Rodin and E. Langer