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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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






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






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






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






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






6. 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






7. Deutsch; 2 companies can choose to cooperate and agree on high fixed prices - or compete with lower prices - but lack of complete trust will choose to compete; prisoner'S dilemma in economic terms






8. Presence of others enhance or hinder performance






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






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






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






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






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






14. Nursing home residents with plants to care for have better health






15. Inoculation theory






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






17. Hawthorne effect






18. 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 -






19. 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






20. 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






21. Self-perception theory






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Frustration-aggression hypothesis






31. Conformity; go along publicly but not privately






32. Just world bias






33. 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






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






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. 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






37. Assuming most other people think as you do






38. Conformity; change actions and beliefs to conform






39. Particularly positive self-presentation is influencial on behaviour - we act in ways that align with our attitudes or in ways that will be accepted by others; self-monitoring; impression management






40. 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






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






42. Assuming 2 unrelated things are related






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






44. 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






45. 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






46. Set of behaviour norms that seem suitable for a person






47. Lewin; collection of forces (valence - vector - barrier) on the individual - field of perception and action






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






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






50. Attribution theory - balance theory