PSYCH 160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Fraternities And Sororities, Bacon, Social Loafing
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Definitions: social groups: 2 or more people who interact and who are interdependent. I. e. sorority, family, club on campus: nonsocial groups: (i. e. collectives) 2 or more people in same place at same time but who do not interact. I. e. in the tsa line, concert audience, at the cal game. How nonsocial groups, affect our behavior (i. e. how juries deliberate) Does the presence of others enhance or impair performance on individual tasks: triplett (1898) says yes. Cycling: faster when competing against others vs. clocks (alone) Fishing reels: had children wind fishing reels and saw they were faster w/others around vs. alone. Ants: excavate more w/others vs. alone --> seen in animals too: robert zajonc"s solution: social facilitation (last name rhymes with science) (check graph from slides) Social facilitation: presence of others enhances performance on simple tasks and impairs performance on difficult tasks. Write my name, is to use my left hand because i"m left handed.
