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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. Cognitive dissonance theory






2. 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






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






4. Assuming most other people think as you do






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






6. 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






7. 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)






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






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






11. Self-perception theory






12. Sometimes attribute excitement or physiological arousal about one thing to something else (e.g. bungee jumping on first date)






13. Assuming 2 unrelated things are related






14. 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






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






16. 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






17. 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






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






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






20. Humans interact in ways that maximize reward and minimize costs






21. 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






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






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






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






25. 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






26. Conformity; go along publicly but not privately






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






28. Continued Milgram'S study - --> deindividuated individuals more willing to administer higher levels of shock; --> prison simulation experiments found normal subjects could easily be transformed into sadistic prison guards; --> also found antisocial b






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






30. 2 basic types of love: passionate love and compassionate love






31. founder of social psychology -; - applied Gestalt ideas to social behaviour; - conceived field theory - life space - valence - vector - barrier






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






33. 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






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






35. 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






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






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






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






39. Person who speaks out against majority






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






41. 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






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






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






44. 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






45. Presence of others enhance or hinder performance






46. 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






47. Doll preference studies






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






49. Sharing secrets/feelings facilitates emotional closeness






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