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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. The attributions we make about our actions or those of others usually accurate; we base this on consistency - distinctiveness - and consensus of the action






2. Groupthink






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






4. 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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5. Group polarization






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






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






8. 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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9. 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






10. 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






11. Self-perception theory






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






13. Elaboration likelihood model






14. Conformity; change actions and beliefs to conform






15. Illusion of control






16. Frustration-aggression hypothesis






17. 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






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






19. 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






20. Person who speaks out against majority






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






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






23. Just world bias






24. 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






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






26. Presence of others enhance or hinder performance






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






28. The total influences upon individual behavior






29. 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






30. 2 basic types of love: passionate love and compassionate love






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






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






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






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






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






36. When 2 parties adapt to or are socialized by each other (e.g. parents and children)






37. Heider; how people infer causes of other'S behaviour; attribute intentions and emotions to almost anything - even shapes on a screen; 3 elements: locus - stability - controllability






38. 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






39. 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






40. 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






41. Groups take greater risks than individuals






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






43. 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 -






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






45. Attribution theory - balance theory






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






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






48. 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






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






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