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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. Self-perception theory






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






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






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






5. Theory of reasoned action






6. Cognitive dissonance theory






7. 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






8. Assuming 2 unrelated things are related






9. 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






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






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






12. 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






13. Person who speaks out against majority






14. 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






15. 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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16. 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






17. 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






18. Attribution theory - balance theory






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






20. Study how to increase worker productivity at Hawthorne Works - reported anything they did increased productivity; because performance changes when people are being observed






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






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






23. Conformity; go along publicly but not privately






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






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






26. Group polarization






27. 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






28. 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






29. 2 basic types of love: passionate love and compassionate love






30. 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






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






32. 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






33. 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






34. Beliefs are more vulnerable if never faced challenge






35. 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)






36. People most comfortable in situations which rewards and punishments are equal - fitting - or logical; - overbenefited people feel guilt - random/ illogical punishments create anxiety






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






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






39. Hawthorne effect






40. Clark; demonstrated negative effects that group segregation had on African-American children'S self-esteem - they thought white dolls were better






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






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. 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






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






45. 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






46. Groupthink






47. Illusion of control






48. Studied environmental influences on behaviour; architecture matters. students in long-corridor dorms more stressed and withdrawn than those in suite-style






49. 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






50. Inoculation theory