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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. Groups take greater risks than individuals






2. 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






3. 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






4. Groupthink






5. Illusion of control






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






7. Self-perception theory






8. Theory of reasoned action






9. 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






10. Hawthorne effect






11. 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






12. Likely to occur in a group with unquestioned beliefs - pressure to conform - invulnerability - censors - cohesiveness - isolation - strong leader; to minimize conflict and reach consensus without critical testing - analyzing - or evaluating






13. Prejudice - showed group conflict most effectively overcome by need for cooperative attention to a higher superordinate goal; 2 groups of 12-year-old boys - 3 phases of group dynamics: in-group phase (bonding with own group) - friction phase (groups

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14. Conformity; go along publicly but not privately






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






16. 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






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






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






19. Code facial expressions for emotion; can determine whether a smile is genuine (happiness engages the upper cheek) or fake (eyes and whole face are less involved)






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






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






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






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






24. People act in order to obtain gain and avoid loss; people favour situations that start out negative and end positive - even compared to completely positive situations






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






26. 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






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






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






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. Assuming most other people think as you do






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






32. Just world bias






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






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






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






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






37. Lewin; life space; + if person thinks region will reduce tension by meeting present needs - - if region with increase tension/ danger






38. 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)






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






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. 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






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






43. Assuming 2 unrelated things are related






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






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






46. 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






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






49. Person who speaks out against majority






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