PSYC 2700 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Deindividuation, Penn State Nittany Lions Football, Joe Paterno
10 Nov 2017
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Paterno is the most victorious coach in ncaa fbs history. Head coach of the penn state nittany lions from 1966 to 2011. with 409 victories, Collection of individuals who have relations to one another that make them interdependent to some significant degree. First social psychologists: norman triplett (1861 - 1931, fishing reel experiment (1898) However, subsequent studies showed that often the presence of others can impair performance. Cockroaches instinctively flee from light and head toward a dark area. Arousal may come from fear about being evaluated by others. A person (researcher in the room while the subject was changing) A repairman ( repairman with their back turned while the subject was. Social facilitation and the effect of an audience. In some situations, the presence of others may decrease effort and performance. Tendency to exert less effort when working on a group task, especially when individual contributions can"t be measured.
