Psychology 2990A/B Lecture : Feb 10.docx

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Cognitive tasks: evaluating poems; producing ideas, e. g. generating novel uses for objects (cid:224)alone= 20 uses for each item (cid:224)in group: 12 uses for each item, why does social loafing occur (how can it be reduced), loss of accountability (diffusion of responsibility) in groups. E. g. give each group member a different coloured pen when generating ideas videotape individual performances during team sporting events: two other ways to reduce social loafing: i. commitment to an important task or goal (e. g. emphasize a group reward) Sport cohesion) (cid:224) a multi dimensional view of cohesion (cid:224) two general perceptions : group integration (gi): perceptions of the group as a whole (e. g. our group , our team ) Six conclusions: relation is small and positive (higher cohesion, better performance, stronger for real groups than artificial lab groups, strongers for sport teams (stronger collective identity ? e. g. team name, team uniforms)

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