PSY 150A1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Name–Letter Effect, Physical Attractiveness, Social Proof
6 Dec 2016
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Does the mere presence of others affect performance? social facilitation: e. g. bicycle races vs. practice social facilitation: e. g. bicycle races vs. practice e. g. triplett (1898): wind fishing reels faster when doing it with others. Others facilitate well-learned, practiced, easy, familiar behaviors (energized) Presence of others interferes with unfamiliar or difficult behaviors (concerned about evaluation. Ivs: cockroach in simple/complex maze with/without other cockroaches watching results: goes faster if other cockroaches are watching it (in simple maze). In complex maze, cockroach make more mistakes and they freeze up. Dv: time to complete maze conformity: matching thoughts, behaviors to group norms obedience to authority: No conformity pressure: 1 of 35 people gave 1 answer. Conformity pressure: wrong answers on 32% of questions: want to fit in (normative social influence) obedience: change in behavior due to orders from others. Milgram (1965): recruits participants for a (cid:498)learning study(cid:499)
