PSY 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 21: Social Identity Theory, Social Comparison Theory, Ostracism

• School: University of Kentucky
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 100
• Professor: Andrea Friedrich

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~ chapter twenty-one: the psychology of groups : a thorough understanding of people requires a thorough understanding of groups. The psychological significance of groups: many people loudly proclaim their autonomy and independence, even though people are capable of living separate and apart from others, they join with others because groups meet their psychological and social needs. Affiliation in groups and social support: groups not only satisfy the need to belong, they also provide members with information, assistance, leon festinger"s theory of social comparison suggested that in many cases people join with. Motivation and performance: groups usually exist for a reason. Social facilitation in groups: triplett succeeded in sparking interest in a phenomenon now known as social facilitation, social facilitation: improvement in task performance that occurs when people work in the presence of other people. Social loafing: the reduction of individual effort exerted when people work in groups compared with when they work alone.