PSYC 2310 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Social Dilemma, Group Polarization, Social Loafing

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2310
• Professor: Saba Safdar

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Intragroup processes processes that happen with a group. Intergroup processes processes that occur between groups of people. Social facilitation (cid:449)he(cid:374) people do (cid:271)etter o(cid:374) a task i(cid:374) the prese(cid:374)(cid:272)e of others tha(cid:374) (cid:449)he(cid:374) the(cid:455)"re alone. Social inhibition (cid:449)he(cid:374) people do (cid:449)orse o(cid:374) a task i(cid:374) the prese(cid:374)(cid:272)e of others tha(cid:374) (cid:449)he(cid:374) the(cid:455)"re alo(cid:374)e. Completing hard tasks is worsened with audience, completing easy tasks is enhanced with peeps. Social loafing group work setting, individuals output on easy tasks were reduced where contributions r pooled. Identifiable contributions: whether effort is going to be known for each individual or is not. Co(cid:374)tri(cid:271)utio(cid:374)s" i(cid:373)pa(cid:272)t: (cid:449)ill their efforts (cid:373)atter/ha(cid:448)e a(cid:374) i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)e o(cid:374) a(cid:374)(cid:455)thi(cid:374)g. Task importance: how much does the task matter to them: social compensation working harder on group work to make up for social loafers. Group cohesion morale, team spirit of members of the group. Group polarization when the initial tendencies of group members become more extreme following group dis(cid:272)ussio(cid:374) (cid:272)a(cid:374) lead to .