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Group Behaviour
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
05/14/2014

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Term
Social Facilitation
Definition
The process by which the presence of others can facilitate behaviour.
Term
DRIVE THEORY
Definition
ZAJONC
Performance depends on the subjective difficulty of a task.
Presence of others strengthens the most dominant response.
Term
Reasons for drive theory
Definition
Mere exposure
Evaluation apprehension
Distraction
Self-awareness: discrepancies between ideal/actual performance.
People feel overloaded so don't attend to important cues
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Classification Of Group Tasks
Definition
Divisible vs Unitary
Maximising vs Optimising

Additive: sum of effort
Conjuctive: weakest member
Compensatory: average of effort
Discretionary: group decision.
Term
Social Loafing
Definition
Tendency for people's performance to decrease in a group when they are not individually responsible for their actions.
Term
Ringelmann effect
Definition
As group size increases, individual effort decreases
Term
Loss of motivation in the presence of others
Definition
If no matching standard
Sucker effect: if belief others loaf
Term
Difference between facilitation/loafing
Definition
In loafing individual effort is not evaluated.
Term
DEINDIVIDUATION
Definition
Tendency to abandon normal constraints on behaviour and lose a sense of individuality and responsibility.
Term
Attentional Cues
Definition
Features of the environment that distract from self.
Term
Social Identity model of Deindividuation Effects (SIDE)
Definition
Deindividualisation due to increased group awareness (norms) rather than a loss of individual focus.
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Group Polarization
Definition
Group interaction increases initial leanings of group members.
Likely to interact with similar others
Can be explained by normative and informational influences and conformity.
Term
Groupthink
Definition
Way of thinking when group cohesion is prioritised over the right decision or alternatives
Term
Avoiding groupthink
Definition
Impartiality
Welcoming criticism
Dividing into subgroups then bring back together- allows dissent and prevents conformity/illusions of unanimity.
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Contingency Theory of Interaction
Definition
TASK leaders: better in low/high control groups
RELATIONSHIP leaders: better in moderate control groups
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