PSYC 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Social Network, Social Influence, Social Proof
29 Nov 2017
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Different then authority: authority someone in a group that have power somehow that they earned, compatibility affects who sources and how reliable they are depends on the information they are pedaling, ex. A sports player selling a deodorant you are more likely influenced than a sports player selling university textbook. You look around you to see how others are acting. Social facilitation you just being around people will make you work harder. Social loafing if you think others are going to take charge of the situation you don"t do anything. You assume someone else is going to do the work: opposite of facilitation. Understanding what a social network is important. If facebooks goes down there"s no longer a way to communicate however, if you have a friend"s number it doesn"t matter if facebook goes down because there is still a way to communicate different pathways.
