PSY 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Tiger Woods
19 Apr 2016
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Motivates adherence to intimacy groups (and social categories) Motivates adherence to task groups (and social categories) Timing bicycle races, then had children spool in fishing line. Mere presence hypothesis (explanation for social facilitation) We become aroused around members of our own species. What ever you are going to do you will do more. If you were going to do poorly on a test, you will do worse. Presence of others arousal facilitation of dominant responses . The presence of co-actors or observers facilitates the performance of easy or well-learned tasks but inhibits the performance of difficult or novel responses. Group-induced reduction in individual output when efforts are pooled. 18% reduction with one other; 25% with many. Belief that presence of others makes one less personally responsible for the outcomes. Tug of war, 10 will always beat 5 even though there is slight loss with every added member. Group"s product is selected from just one member"s performance.
