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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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






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






3. Person who speaks out against majority






4. Groups take greater risks than individuals






5. 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






6. 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






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






8. 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






9. 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






10. 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






11. 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






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






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






14. 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






15. Attribution theory - balance theory






16. Groupthink






17. Process by which people pay close attention to their actions - often change behaviours to be more favourable






18. Assuming most other people think as you do






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






20. 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)






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






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






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






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






25. 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






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






27. 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






28. 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






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






30. Self-perception theory






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






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






33. Illusion of control






34. Theory of reasoned action






35. Beliefs are more vulnerable if never faced challenge






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






37. 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






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






39. 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






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






41. 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






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






43. 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






44. Elaboration likelihood model






45. Conformity; go along publicly but not privately






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






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






48. 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






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






50. 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