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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. 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






2. 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






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






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






5. Group polarization






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






7. 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)






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






9. 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






10. 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






11. Follows from self-perception theory; tendency to assume we must not want to do things we are paid or compensated to do






12. 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






13. 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






14. 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






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






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






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






18. Person who speaks out against majority






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






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






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






22. 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






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






24. 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






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






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






27. 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






28. Assuming most other people think as you do






29. 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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30. 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






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






32. Sharing secrets/feelings facilitates emotional closeness






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






34. 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






35. 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 -






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






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






38. Cognitive dissonance theory






39. The total influences upon individual behavior






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






41. Inoculation theory






42. Theory of reasoned action






43. Attribution theory - balance theory






44. 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






45. Presence of others helps with easy tasks but hinders complex tasks






46. Hawthorne effect






47. 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)






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






49. Groups take greater risks than individuals






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