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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. Self-perception theory






2. The total influences upon individual behavior






3. Person who speaks out against majority






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






5. 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






6. 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






7. 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






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






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






10. Illusion of control






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






12. 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






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






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






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






16. 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






17. 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






18. 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






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






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






21. Attribution theory - balance theory






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






23. Theory of reasoned action






24. 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






25. Sharing secrets/feelings facilitates emotional closeness






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






27. Evaluating one'S own actions - abilities - opinions - and ideas and comparing to others; - since others are generally familiar people (own social group) - used for argument against mainstreaming; --> when children with difficulties in classes with no






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






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






31. Groups take greater risks than individuals






32. Presence of others enhance or hinder performance






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






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






35. 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






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






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






38. 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






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






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






41. Group polarization






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






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






45. 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






46. Assuming most other people think as you do






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






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






49. 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)






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