Psychology 2720A/B Lecture Notes - Social Loafing, Group Polarization, Deindividuation

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2720A/B
• Professor: Patrick Brown

Document Summary

Chapter 10:group dynamics, and intergroup relations: must be at least two people, the members of the group must be interacting with one another in some way or at least influencing one another. Liberal party won 72 out of the 100 years one factor was the generally moderate position taken by the liberals on social and economic issues. A common stereotype of canadians is they are middle-of-the road -liberals are in the center of the spectrum. Group dynamics- the social psychological study of groups and group processes. Presence of other people increase the probability of the dominant response- the ones that are more likely to occur when the person is alone these tendencies will be heightened by the presence of an audience. Zajonc- proposed that the presence of other people will be physically arousing0 making you anxious about performaning well in front of others.