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Social Facilitation |
Improved performance on simple or well-learned tasks in the presence of others. Decreases performance in difficult tasks. Yerke's Dodson Law & Home Team Advantage can also hinder performance. |
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Yerkes Dodson Law |
There must be an optimal level of stress in order to do well in something. Too little stress is just as bad as too much stress. |
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Home Team Advantage |
When others observe us, we perform well-learnedtasks more quickly and accurately. But on new and difficult tasks, performance is lessquick and accurate. |
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Social Loafing |
The tendency for people in a group to exert less effort when pooling their efforts toward attaining a common goal than when individually accountable |
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What are the causes of social loafing? |
- Acting as part of a group & feeling less accountable - Feeling Individual contributions don't matter - Taking advantage when there is lack of identification with group |
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Deindividuation |
The loss of self-awareness and self-restraint occurring in group situations that foster arousal and anonymity. Ex: When rioters wear black hoods & masks, they act wild together, but later condemn their actions when looking back. |
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Group Polarization |
The enhancement of a group's prevailing inclinations through discussion within the group. If a group is like-minded,discussion strengthensits prevailing opinions. |
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Groupthink |
The mode of thinking that occurs when the desire for harmony in a decision-making group overrides a realistic appraisal of alternatives |
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Individual Power |
Power of the individual and the power of the situation interact. A small minority that consistently expresses its views may sway the majority. |
