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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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






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






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






4. 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






5. 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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6. 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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Groups take greater risks than individuals






14. Conformity; change actions and beliefs to conform






15. Frustration-aggression hypothesis






16. Group polarization






17. Just world bias






18. Cognitive dissonance theory






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






20. Assuming most other people think as you do






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






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






23. 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






24. Inoculation theory






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






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






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






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






29. 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)






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






31. 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






32. 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






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






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






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






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






37. Groupthink






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






40. Sharing secrets/feelings facilitates emotional closeness






41. 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






42. Behaving in ways that might make a good impression






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






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






45. Person who speaks out against majority






46. Presence of others enhance or hinder performance






47. 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






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






49. 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)






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