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| the positive or negative effect of the presence of others on performance |
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| in an individual's hierarchy of responses, the response he or she is most likely to make |
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| people's concern about how they might appear in the eyes of others-- that is, about being evaluated |
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| Zajonc's Theory of social facilitation |
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the mere presence of others tends to facilitate performance on simple or well-learned tasks, but it hinders performance on difficult or novel tasks.
3 Parts:
1) mere presence of others makes ppl more aroused
2) arousal tends to make a person more likely to make a dominant response
3) the increase in dom response tendencies linked to the facilitation of simple tasks and the inhibition of complex tasks |
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| Distraction-conflict theory |
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a theory based on the idea that being aware of another person's presence creates a conflict b/t attending to that person and attending to the task at hand
--> this conflict is arousing and produces social facilitation effects |
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| the tendency to exert less effort when working on a group task in which indiv contributions cannot be monitored |
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| a kind of faulty thinking by highly cohesive groups in which the critical scrutiny that should be devoted to the issues at hand is subverted by social pressures to reach consensus |
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| the tendency to withhold information or opinions in group discussions |
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| the tendency for groups to make riskier decisions that individuals would |
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| the tendency for group decisions to be more extreme than those made by indivs. Whatever way the indivs are leaning, group discussion tends to make them lean further in that direction |
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| the ability to control our outcomes and those of others; the freedom to act |
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| the outcome of an evaluation of attributes that produces diffs in respect and prominence --> partly determines an indiv's power w/in a group |
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| power that derives from institutionalized roles or arrangements |
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| behavior enacted with the goal of acquiring or demonstrating power |
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| Approach/inhibition theory |
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| a theory that maintains that high-power indivs are inclined to go after their goals and make quick judgments, whereas low-power indivs are more likely to constrain their B and attend to others carefully |
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the condition in which one indiv feels responsible to others
- accountability enhancement leads to less profligate behavior |
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| the reduced sense of indiv identity accompanied by diminished self-regulation that comes over ppl when they are in a large group |
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an enhanced sense of indiv identity produced by focusing attention on the self
--> generally leads ppl to act carefully and deliberately and in accordance with their sense of propriety and values |
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| a theory that maintains that when ppl focus their attn inward on themselves, they become concerned w/self-evaluation and how their current behavior conforms to their internal standards and values |
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ppl's conviction that other ppl are attending to them more than they actually are
--> perceived attn to appearance and B |
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