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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. Hawthorne effect






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






3. 2 basic types of love: passionate love and compassionate love






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






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






6. Inoculation theory






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






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






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






10. 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 -






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






12. 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






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. 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






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






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






17. Ellen langer - Belief that you can control things that you actually have no influence on - The driving force behind manipulating the lottery - gambling and superstition






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






19. Frustration-aggression hypothesis






20. Assuming most other people think as you do






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






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






23. 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






24. Code facial expressions for emotion; can determine whether a smile is genuine (happiness engages the upper cheek) or fake (eyes and whole face are less involved)






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






26. 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






27. People most comfortable in situations which rewards and punishments are equal - fitting - or logical; - overbenefited people feel guilt - random/ illogical punishments create anxiety






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






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






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






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






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






33. The total influences upon individual behavior






34. 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






35. 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






36. 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






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






38. Beliefs are more vulnerable if never faced challenge






39. Person who speaks out against majority






40. 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






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






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






43. Cognitive dissonance theory






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






46. 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






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






48. Illusion of control






49. 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






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