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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. 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






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






3. Beliefs are more vulnerable if never faced challenge






4. 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






5. Group polarization






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






7. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. The total influences upon individual behavior






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






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






19. Person who speaks out against majority






20. Sharing secrets/feelings facilitates emotional closeness






21. 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






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






23. Conformity; change actions and beliefs to conform






24. 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






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






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






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






29. 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






30. 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






31. 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






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






33. 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)






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






35. 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






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






37. 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






38. Elaboration likelihood model






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






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






41. 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






42. 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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Doll preference studies






50. Cognitive dissonance theory