PSYC 2606 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12, 9, 11, 14: Stereotype Threat, Minimal Group Paradigm, Reciprocal Altruism
22 Mar 2017
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Social psych exam 2 - chapter 12, 9, 11, & 14 review. The nature and purpose of group living. Human beings, like all large primates, are group-living animals who influence, and must get along with, others. Social facilitation refers to the positive or negative effect on performance due to the presence or others. Arousal from the presence of others i(cid:374)(cid:272)reases people"s te(cid:374)de(cid:374)(cid:272)(cid:455) to do (cid:449)hat (cid:272)o(cid:373)es (cid:374)aturall(cid:455). O(cid:374) eas(cid:455) tasks, they are predisposed to respond correctly, so increasing this tendency fa(cid:272)ilitates perfor(cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:272)e; o(cid:374) (cid:374)e(cid:449) or hard tasks (cid:449)he(cid:374) the(cid:455)"re (cid:374)ot predisposed to respond correctly, arousal hinders performance by making them more likely to respond incorrectly. The mere presence of others leads to social facilitation effects, and other factors, including evaluation apprehension, can intensify them. According to distraction-conflict theory, awareness of another person can create a conflict between focusing on that person and the task at hand, a conflict that is itself arousing.
