PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Psych, Social Loafing, Ingroups And Outgroups

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Dan Meegan

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Day 20: social psych continued: social influence social influence conformity. Empathy: to feel what others feel liking empathic mimicry (video example) When you like someone, you express your empathy for them by mimicking them. When someone mimics you, they are expressing their empathy for. 2 types of influence (causes of conformity) informational if everyone else agrees, they must be right. Norms: rules for accepted and expected behaviour. Because norms can change, we must adjust in order to fit in. Assume that you would have behaved like milgram"s participants. Groups affect individuals is there a downside for group harmony. When group performance is assessed, the presence of others: reduces individual responsibility (social loafing) An individual exerts less effort as a member of a group than when acting alone (i. e. tug-of-war - people in groups underperform) Deindividualization: the loss of self-awareness and self-restraint that occurs in group situations that foster arousal and anonymity (i. e. the.