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Social Psychology GRE
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Psychology
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11/04/2010

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Aronson, E., Linder, D.
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Proposed gain-loss principle (an evaluation that changes wil have more effect than an evaluation that remains constant)
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Daryl Bem
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Developed self-perception theory as an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory
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Clark, K., Clark, M.
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Performed study on doll preferences in African American children; the results were used in the 1954 Brown Vs. Board
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John Darley, Bibb Latane
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Proposed that there were two factors that could lead to non-helping; social influence and diffusion of responsibility.
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Eagly, A.
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Suggested that gender differences in conformity were not due to gender but to differing social roles
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Leon Festinger
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Developed cognitive dissonance theory; also developed social comparison theory
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Edward Hall
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Studied norms for interpersonal distance in interpersonal interactions
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Fritz Heider
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Developed dalance theory to explain attitudes change; also developed attribution theory and divided attributions into two categories: dispositional and situational
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Carl Hovland
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Studied attitude change
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Irving Janis
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Developed the concept of groupthink to explain how group decision making cane sometimes go awry
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Melvin J. Lerner
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Proposed concept of belief in a just world
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Kurt Lewin
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Divided leadership styles into three categories: autocratic, democratic, and laissez-faire
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William McGuire
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Studied how psychological inoculation could help people resist persuasion
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Stanley Milgram
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Studied obedience by asking subjects to administer electroshock; also proposed stimulus-overload theory to explain differences between city and country dwellers
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Theodore Newcomb
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Studied political norms
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Petty, R., Cacioppo, J.
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Developed elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (central and peripheral routes to persuasion)
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Stanley Schachter
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Studied relationship between anxiety and the need for affiliation
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Muzafer Sherif
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Used autokinetic effect to study conformity; also performed Robber's Cave experiment and found that having superordinate goals increased intergroup cooperation
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Robert Zajonc
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Studied the mere exposure effect; also resolved problems with the social facilitation effect by suggesting that the presence of others enhances the emission of dominant responses
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Phillip Zimbardo
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Performed prison simulation and used concept of deindividuation to explain results
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