PS270 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Social Loafing, Group Polarization, Social Facilitation
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A group is when people of two or more who interact and influence one another through an extended period of time. We are affected by the presence of others by: the mere presence of others, being in a crowd: presence of many others. Social facilitation is the tendency for people to perform tasks better as well as strengthen dominant responses in the presence of others. The factors the influence the aroused presence of others are: evaluation. An example of a group would be people who are a part a sorority. They are a part of a group which they share a common interest and spend endless amount of time with one another. They refer to their group as (cid:498)us(cid:499) rather than individual. (cid:498)co-actors(cid:499) meaning that no. Being the mere presence of others are considered as one is competing with one another but rather just working together. This benefits people by helping them perform tasks faster and easier.
