PSYC 261 Study Guide - Final Guide: Machismo, Stereotype Threat, Albert Bandura
13 Dec 2016
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People in groups tend to loaf less when the task is challenging, appealing (rewards are significant), involving (team spirit) Free riders: people who benefit from the group but give little in return. Group: two or more people who, for longer than a few moments, interact with and influence one another and perceive one another as us . Social facilitation: strengthening of dominant responses whether correct or incorrect in the presence of others (the presence of others) Evaluation apprehension: concern for how others are evaluating us. Social loafing: the tendency for people to exert less effort when they pool their efforts toward a common goal than when they are individually accountable. Deindividuation: loss of self-awareness and evaluation apprehension; occurs in group situations that foster responsiveness to group norms, good or bad. Group polarization: group-produced enhancement of members" preexisting tendencies; a strengthening of the members" average tendency, not a split within the group.
