Psychology 1000 Study Guide - Cockroach, Fishing Reel, The Challenger

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

Document Summary

Reducing media effects [how does the individual influence the group?] Social facilitation [how does the group influence the individual?] Group decision making [do groups actually make better decisions than individuals?] Random question: marta went to a friend"s on saturday and they viewed all 6 parts, in order, of friday the 13th . Surprisingly, she did not find the scenes in parts 5&6 as disgusting as those in parts 1-4. Taught to be able to discriminate fantasy from real life (ex. Use of special effects, shows how special effects are created) Children are less aggressive, even at a 1 year follow-up. Experiment measured duration of shocks directed to confederateif made angry then saw humour or not humour materials. Control: angry gave longer shocks, not angry gave less shocks. Shown humour: angry actually delivered less shocks while those who are not. 2 or more people, and they must Be interacting, or else it"s just two random people.