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16 Cards in this Set
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group
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a collection of at least two people who are doing or being something together
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deindividuation
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the loss of self-awareness and of individual accountability in a group
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optimal distinctiveness theory
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proposition that when people feel very similar to others in a group, they seek a way to be different, and when they feel different, they try to be more similar
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narcissists
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individual who regard themselves as better than others and are constantly trying to win the admiration of others
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social loafing (free rider problem)
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the finding that people reduce effort when working in a group, compared to when working alone.
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bad apple effect
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the idea that one social loafer can cause other people to loaf as well
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altruistic punishment
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the finding that people will sometimes sacrifice their own gain for the betterment of all, by punishing people who cheat the system
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commons dilemma
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the tendency for shared or jointly owned resources to be squandered and not used in an optimal or advantageous fashion
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brainstorming
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a form of creative thinking in groups, using a procedure in which all group members are encouraged to generate as many ideas as possible
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transactive memory
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a process by which members of a small group remember different kinds of information
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groupthink
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the tendency of group members to think alike
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self-censorship
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choosing not to express doubts or other information that goes against a group's plans and views
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risky shift
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a tendency for groups to take greater risks than the same individuals would have decided (on average) individually.
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group polarization shift
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a shift toward a more extreme position resultion from group discussion
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power
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one person's control over another person
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legitimizing myths
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explanations used to justify why people in power deserve to be in power
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