PSYCH101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Kurt Lewin, Philip Zimbardo, Social Loafing

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Paul Wehr

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The power of the situation: social influences on behaviour (module 13. 1) Many people say we are all good but some people (the bad guys) are fundamentally different and cause trouble to the society. Kurt lewin: b = f(p,e ) meaning behaviour (b) is a function of the person and the. Occurs in unconscious level chameleon effect (p. 541) People mimic others non-consciously, automaticall(cid:455) (cid:272)op(cid:455)i(cid:374)g others" (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iours e(cid:448)e(cid:374) without realizing it, the moment-by-moment behavioural synchronization between people. Affects many aspects of an individual (manners, how much we eat and drink, beliefs and attitudes) Group dynamics: social loafing and social facilitation social loafing (p. 542) Occurs when an individual puts less effort into working on a task with others can occur in physical activities (ex. rope-pulling), cognitive activities (problem solving), and creativity (song writing) factors low efficacy beliefs. (cid:449)he(cid:374) people do(cid:374)"t k(cid:374)o(cid:449) (cid:449)here to start (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause the task is too diffi(cid:272)ult.