PSY10004 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Social Facilitation, Psych, Egotism
Psych 101 - psy10004 week 11
Social psychology cont.
Social Influence
Social influence refers to the process whereby one person’s behaviour is affected by the words or
actions of others."
Social influence may change behaviour without changing the attitude."
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Collective processes
SOCIAL FACILITATION
Social facilitation refers to facilitation of the dominant
response."
SOCIAL LOAFING
Social loafing refers to the fact that when the group is
evaluated, individuals in the group exert less effort.
However, when the task is easy, individual effort is not
identifiable. Social loafing generalises across tasks and
contexts"
Social Norms
Social norms are socially-based rules that prescribe what people should or should not do in
various situations. Social norms make situations less uncertain."
Descriptive norms involve perceptions of which behaviours are typically performed. They
normally refer to the perception of others' behaviour.#"
Injunctive norms involve perceptions of which behaviours are typically approved or disapproved.
They assist an individual in determining what is acceptable and unacceptable social behaviour.
This would be the morals of your interpersonal networks and surrounding community."
CONFORMITY
Conformity refers to the tendency to change our perceptions, opinions, or behaviour, in ways that
are consistent with group norms."
Asch’s Line Judgement Task
Participants in groups were asked which comparison line was the same as the standard line."
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Document Summary
Social in uence refers to the process whereby one person"s behaviour is a ected by the words or actions of others. Social in uence may change behaviour without changing the attitude. Social facilitation refers to facilitation of the dominant response. Social loa ng refers to the fact that when the group is evaluated, individuals in the group exert less e ort. However, when the task is easy, individual e ort is not identi able. Social norms are socially-based rules that prescribe what people should or should not do in various situations. Descriptive norms involve perceptions of which behaviours are typically performed. They normally refer to the perception of others" behaviour. Injunctive norms involve perceptions of which behaviours are typically approved or disapproved. They assist an individual in determining what is acceptable and unacceptable social behaviour. This would be the morals of your interpersonal networks and surrounding community.
