PSYC 241 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Groupthink, Deindividuation
11 Mar 2017
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Group: two or more people who for longer than a few moments interact with and influence one another and perceive one another as us. Co-actors: a group of people working simultaneously and individually on a non-competitive task. Social facilitation: the tendency of people to perform simple/well learned tasks better when others are present and currently means strengthening of dominant responses owing to the presence of others. 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. Free ride: benefiting from a group but giving little in return. Deindividuation: loss of self-awareness and evaluation apprehension; occurs in group situations that foster anonymity and draw attention from the individual. Group polarization: group-produced enhancement of member"s pre-existing tendencies; a strengthening of the member"s average tendency, not split within the group. Pluralistic ignorance: a false impression of how other people are thinking, feeling, or responding.
