PSY220H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Group Polarization, Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster, Rogers Commission Report
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A group"s pres(cid:272)riptio(cid:374) for the (cid:271)eha(cid:448)ior (cid:448)alues a(cid:374)d (cid:271)eliefs of its (cid:373)e(cid:373)(cid:271)ers. Punishment or rejection for those who defy norms: groups also have social roles have to do with our specific status/position in a group. These are a group"s e(cid:454)pe(cid:272)tatio(cid:374)s for the (cid:271)eha(cid:448)ior a(cid:374)d respo(cid:374)si(cid:271)ilities of various subgroups of its members. There costs to conforming to social roles i. e. individual personality may be taken over by power of a role: cohesiveness the extent to which members of a group are bounded together. In the presence of other children, children tried harder to complete a task. Evaluation apprehension knowing that someone is judging your performance terrifies you. Socio-evaluative threat this is an extreme apprehension moment, and your body responds by releasing cortisol which constricts blood vessels in hippocampus, inhibiting memory and learning. People did harder when they thought they were alone. The idea of social loafing is similar to diffusion of responsibility, but the context is different i. e. helping behavior.
