PSYC 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Group Polarization, Pluralistic Ignorance, Social Comparison Theory
7 Dec 2016
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A group is: two or more people, absolute minimum, interact with each others, does not have to be face-to-face. 3. influence one another: shared goals, outcomes are interdependent: success and failure depends on effort of others in group. So(cid:373)e people"s efforts (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:272)ou(cid:374)t (cid:373)ore tha(cid:374) others (cid:894)e. g. leaders(cid:895) Social facilitation- the strengthening of likely responses to a particular situation in the presence of others. Ex: an nba player shoots better during games than practicing by himself. When learning something new, the likely response will probably not be positive. Having others around us arouses us (makes us alert, mentally-aware, and physically aware of ourselves and our surroundings) hyperaware . This arousal enhances our dominant responses- more likely to do whatever our default is. We are less affected by others when around those whose opinions do not matter to us. Self-concious people are those most influenced by people. This effect is found in animals, who are not typically self conscious.
