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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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






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






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






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






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






6. 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






7. 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






8. Doll preference studies






9. Conformity; go along publicly but not privately






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






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






13. Attribution theory - balance theory






14. Cognitive dissonance theory






15. 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






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






17. 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






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






19. 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


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






21. 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






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






23. 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






24. Frustration-aggression hypothesis






25. 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






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 students in long-corridor dorms more stressed and withdrawn than those in suite-style






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






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






29. 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






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






31. 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






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






33. Presence of others enhance or hinder performance






34. Beliefs are more vulnerable if never faced challenge






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Sales tactic - persuader ask for more than they would ever get and then 'Settle' for less






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






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






44. 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






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






46. 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 -






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






48. 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






49. Bem; alternative explanation to cognitive dissonance; - when people are unsure of beliefs - they take cues from own behaviour (rather than aligning beliefs to match actions) - $1000 to work on Saturday






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