PSYCH 1X03 Study Guide - Final Guide: Murder Of Kitty Genovese, Social Learning Theory, Herd Mentality
10 Sep 2016
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Racers raced faster against others oppose to self (even for children with no rewards). Social facilitation: increase in performance with others watching (audience has no interests. Exceptions: learning non-sense syllables, difficult maze, complex math presence of others hindering performance. Enhanced performance: simple task, known expert task (rehearsed). Ex: performing on stage (well rehearsed), writing exam confident about. Positive presence of others makes complex task feel simple. Understand how complex cognitive skill is learned through clear reinforcement. Don"t always need reinforcement to develop (= diff from basic conditioning) Children who viewed aggressive behavior towards doll (or real person) = more likely to do it themselves. Implications: ppl don"t need to be reinforced to preform a task which has been seen (ex. After multiple days ppl will gradually converge their answers to meet others (despite their starting point) adjusting answers. More uncertain about truth more likely to conform.
