PSY 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Deindividuation, Social Loafing, Gie

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 105
• Professor: William Huggon

Document Summary

Social psychology: the s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)tifi(cid:272) stud(cid:455) of hoe i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual"s thoughts, feeli(cid:374)gs, a(cid:374)d (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iours are i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)ed by other people. Social desirability factor and implicit attitude: social desirability attitudes that mirror what we think others desire in a person. Implicit attitude an attitude of which the person is unaware. Norms and social roles: norms social rules about how members of a society are expected to act, provide order and predictability, example: how do you ride in an elevator, the elevator experiment. Diffusion of responsibility we are less likely to assist in a large group because responsibility to help is shared. Group action: social facilitation: the presence of others can help performance. Group action: social facilitation: cockroach maze, went through simple or complicated maze, 4 other cockroaches watching or not, the more complex the maze, the more the cockroach audience hindered time on getting out.