Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Social Loafing, Social Facilitation, Groupthink

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Laura Fazakas- Dehoog

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Feb 29: the central route to persuasion, the peripheral route to persuasion, having an attractive individual do the persuading, a highly discrepant message, both c) and d) above. The most durable type of persuasion occurs through the use of: 2. ________ occurs when group discussion strengthens a group"s dominant initial. A durable disposition to behave in a certain way across situations. A good personality theory: explains consistency across situations (but also differences) Theories of personality: five factor trait model of personality (mccrae & costa, 1985) Derived using factor analysis (statistical techniques that looks at underlying groups: took 30 personality characteristics, similar cross-culturally. Identical twins: 50 similarity, less than 25% for fraternal twins: estimate that personality traits are approximately 50 % heritable. 2 traits on a continuum: stable vs. unstable. *similar to big 5"s neuroticism: introverted vs. extroverted. * later added psychoticism (psychotic vs. lack of psychoticism) Suggested biological basis for personality: deviations from optimal level of arousal .