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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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






2. 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






3. Doll preference studies






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






5. Humans interact in ways that maximize reward and minimize costs






6. 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 -






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






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






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 students in long-corridor dorms more stressed and withdrawn than those in suite-style






10. 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)






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






12. 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)






13. Assuming 2 unrelated things are related






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






15. Assuming most other people think as you do






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






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






18. 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






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






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






21. Groups take greater risks than individuals






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






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






25. 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






26. 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






27. The Kitty Genovese care (murder witnessed by many people) - Why people are less likely to help when others are present






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






29. 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






30. Illusion of control






31. Hawthorne effect






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






33. 2 basic types of love: passionate love and compassionate love






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






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






36. Conformity; change actions and beliefs to conform






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






38. 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






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






40. 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






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






42. Presence of others enhance or hinder performance






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






44. Behaving in ways that might make a good impression






45. 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






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






47. 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






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






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






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