PSYCH 1X03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Social Learning Theory, Fishing Rod, Albert Bandura
26 Nov 2016
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Our thoughts and behaviours are influenced by the people around us. Observed that cyclists raced faster when competing against each other in a group, Asked a child to wind a string around a fishing rod as fast as he could alone or in groups. Children would wind the fishing rod faster when other children were present compared to. Behaviours performed in a group are different from behaviors performed individually. Performed the first formal study of social psychology in 1898 compared to when racing against the clock on an individual time trial. The same competitive effects can be seen in children performing a task in which there is no explicit reward for competition when they did it alone. Triplett hypothesized that the mere presence of others was important for the performance of the actor. Group members can be divided into co-actors and the audience. The presence of co-actors or an audience affected performance on a variety of tasks.
