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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. Assuming most other people think as you do






2. 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






3. Lewin; life space; block locomotion between regions of person and psychological environment






4. Presence of others enhance or hinder performance






5. 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






6. 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)






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






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






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






10. 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






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






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






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 students in long-corridor dorms more stressed and withdrawn than those in suite-style






14. Behaving in ways that might make a good impression






15. 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






16. Self-perception theory






17. Illusion of control






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






19. Just world bias






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






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






22. 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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23. Attribution theory - balance theory






24. Clark; demonstrated negative effects that group segregation had on African-American children'S self-esteem - they thought white dolls were better






25. 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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26. How stimuli are rated - the more we see/experience something - the more positively we rate it






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






29. 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






30. 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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31. 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






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






33. The total influences upon individual behavior






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






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






36. 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






37. 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






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






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






40. 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






41. Assuming 2 unrelated things are related






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






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






44. The tendency that the larger the group - the less likely individuals in the group will act or take responsibility - result of deindividuation (Kitty Genovese care)






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






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






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






48. Sharing secrets/feelings facilitates emotional closeness






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






50. Doll preference studies