PSYC 260 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Group Polarization, Double Bind, Group Cohesiveness
23 Oct 2017
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Collection of 3+ people who interact and are interdependent. Evolutionary aid to survival, helps with food, safety, mates. Composition and functions of group: social norms, social roles. Shared expectations by group members about how particular members are to behave. Eg coach and players: gender roles, group cohesiveness. Qualities of a group that bind members together and promote liking among them. How groups influence the behavior of individuals: social facilitation theory. The tendency for people to do better on simple tasks, but worse on complex tasks when they are in the presence of others and their individual performance can be evaluated. Presence of others arousal dominant response: arousal and dominant response. The tendency for people to do worse on simple tasks, but better on complex tasks, when they are in the presence of others and their individual performance cannot be evaluated. Eg simple task (yell, clapping), difficult tasks (large orchestra playing different new piece: gender and cultural difference.
