PSYC20009 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Becky Mode, Social Facilitation, Social Group

• School: University of Melbourne
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC20009
• Professor: All

Document Summary

What is a group: social group: 2 or more people who share some common characteristic (or goal) that is socially meaningful to themselves or for others, groups differ regarding how much interaction & interdependence exists between members. Group socialisation: joining pre-existing groups: cognitive, affective & behavioural changes that occur as individuals join & leave groups, mutual processes (moreland & levine, 1988) Increased arousal can lead to: better performance for well-rehearsed, accessible responses (dominant responses, worse performance for novel, complex, inaccessible responses (non- dominant responses) Increase commitment or identification with group: cross-cultural differences - people from collectivist cultures show less loafing than individualist. Self-categorisation: process of seeing oneself as a group member, social identities accessible. In extreme form: de-individuation: likely when, experience direct reminders of group membership. Consequences of us vs them categorisation: perceptions of inter & intra group structure, category differentiation model (doise, 1978) Increased intergroup differentiation & within group homogeneity (especially for outgroups)