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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. 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






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






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






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






5. One of the first to apply psychology to business - specifically in advertising; also involved in helping military implement psychological testing to aid with personnel selection






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






7. 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 -






8. Just world bias






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






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






11. Hawthorne effect






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






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






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






16. 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






17. Frustration-aggression hypothesis






18. Area of study that combines social and clinical ideas - for mental health






19. Groups take greater risks than individuals






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






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






22. 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






23. 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






24. Group polarization






25. Person who speaks out against majority






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






27. Illusion of control






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






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






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






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






32. Doll preference studies






33. Conformity; go along publicly but not privately






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






35. Assuming most other people think as you do






36. 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)






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






38. 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






39. Assuming 2 unrelated things are related






40. 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






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






42. 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






43. 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)






44. Sharing secrets/feelings facilitates emotional closeness






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






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






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






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






49. 2 basic types of love: passionate love and compassionate love






50. 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






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