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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. 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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2. Illusion of control






3. 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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4. 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






5. 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






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






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






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






9. 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)






10. When one'S expectations draw out (in a way - cause) the expected behaviour






11. Sharing secrets/feelings facilitates emotional closeness






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






13. 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






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






15. 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






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






17. 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






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






19. 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






20. Beliefs are more vulnerable if never faced challenge






21. 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






22. 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






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






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






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






26. 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






27. 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






28. 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






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






30. 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)






31. Group polarization






32. Stoner; group discussion generally serves to strengthen the already dominant point of view; explains risky shift






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






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






35. 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






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






37. Cognitive dissonance theory






38. Assuming 2 unrelated things are related






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






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






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






42. 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






43. 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






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






45. 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






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






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






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






49. 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






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