PSYA02H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Social Loafing, Dispositional Attribution, Elaboration Likelihood Model
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Mimicry, taking on for ourselves the behaviours, emotional displays, and facial expressions of others. Chameleon effect describes how people mimic others non-consciously, automatically copying other"s behaviours even without realizing it. Social norms are the (usually unwritten) guidelines for how to behave in social contexts. What factors encourage loafing: low efficacy beliefs. This happens if tasks are too difficult or complex, so people don"t know where to start: believing that one"s contributions are not important to the group, not caring about the group"s outcome. This is when the person feels rejected from the groups or believing that the group is unsuccessful or unimportant: feeling like others are not trying very hard. People loaf if they feel others are loafing. clock. In contrast to social loafing, social facilitation occurs when one"s performance is affected by the presence of others: eg. Cyclists ride faster when racing against each other than when trying to beat the.
