PSY 240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Fishing Reel, Social Facilitation, Cockroach

• School: Stony Brook University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 240
• Professor: Bonita London- Thompson

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Lecture #8: groups, direct interactions with each other over a period of time (ex. Hanging out with friends: a shared, common fate, identity, or set of goals (ex. Finding: presence of others improves performance: updated analyses: results were weak, inconclusive, later studies showed mixed results. Professional basketball players: difficult task: usually requires more complex and complicated thought; presence of others impairs your performance (ex. Amateur ball players: alternative explanations for social facilitation, mere presence (zajonc"s explanation) The mere presence of others is sufficient to produce social facilitation effects: evaluation apprehension. Participants perform tasks (cheering/clapping) alone or in groups: measure individual contribution (unknown to participant) Explore group dynamics and learn group culture: storming. Try to influence group to fit your own needs: members become more assertive about group goals, members become more assertive about their role, conflict, hostility, tensions excellent about group, nomring, reconcile conflicts. Establish norms and rules - greater commitment: performing, maximize group performance on task.