GRE- Psychology Subject (Social Psych) Exam 2023/2024

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GRE- Psychology Subject (Social Psych) Exam 2023/2024 Norman Triplett - ANS-first study of social psychology; people perform better on familiar tasks when in the presence of others than alone. Wil... liam McDougall and E.H. Ross - ANS-Both published the first textbooks in social psychology. Verplank - ANS-social approval influences behavior; found that the course of a conversation changes dramatically based on feedback (approval) from others. Reinforcement Theory - ANS-behavior is motivated by anticipated rewards Albert Bandura - ANS-behavior is learned through imitation (Bobo doll experiment) Role Theory - ANS-the perspective that people are aware of the social roles they are expected to fill, and much of their observable behavior can be attributed to adopting those roles Attitudes - ANS-likes and dislikes; affinities for and aversions to things, people, ideas, etc. Consistency Theories - ANS-people prefer consistency and will change or resist changing attitudes based upon this preference Fritz Heider's Balance Theory - ANS-balance exists when the person we're talking about (P), some other person (O), and a thing, idea or some other person (X) fit together harmoniously. When imbalance occurs, there will be stress, and a tendency to remove the stress by achieving balance. Leon Festinger's Cognitive Dissonance Theory - ANS-The conflict that you feel when your attitudes are not in sync with your behaviors. It can be reduced by c [Show More]

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