Psychology 3780F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Murder Of Kitty Genovese, Impact Bias, Pluralistic Ignorance
21 Apr 2017
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Triplett: cyclists competing against each other in races achieved speeds >20% greater than those racing alone. Hypothesized that the mere presence of others arouses competitiveness within us. Velodrome competition machine of kids cranking reels against each other. Children reeled faster in presence of other children. Social influence in the guise of interpersonal competition improves performance when people are performing relatively easy behaviours. Social facilitation: the effects of whether the presence of others helps/hinders performance. Having others present improves performance on easy tasks, but impairs performance on difficult tasks. Affective forecasting: how people anticipate how they will feel in the future. Impact bias: we tend to assume that bad things will affect us for a much longer time than they actually do. I am interested in demonstrating how x causes a change in y. i wonder why z. Research on x found that y. i intend to continue this line of research by demonstrating that z.
