Psychology 2070A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: International Monetary Fund, Ultimatum Game, Problem Solving

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2070A/B
• Professor: Erin Heerey

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What is a group: a group is a collection of three or more people who interact with each other, group members are interdependent in some way, a group of two people is a dyad. Innate need (and cross cultural: motivates people to become involved in social change. How groups influence us: when our efforts are directly observed by others social facilitation occurs. Increases physiological arousal: whe(cid:374) so(cid:272)ial fa(cid:272)ilitatio(cid:374) o(cid:272)(cid:272)urs it"s easier to do something simple, but harder to do something complex or new. In groups, this tendency o(cid:272)(cid:272)urs (cid:449)he(cid:374) people"s i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual perfor(cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:272)e can be evaluated. Social facilitation: three theories explaining the role of arousal, the presence of other people causes us to become alert and vigilant, others make us apprehensive about being evaluated (evaluation apprehension, others distract us from the task. Group decision-making: process loss any aspect of group interactions that inhibits good problem-solving, ex.