PSYCH101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 57: Social Facilitation, Social Loafing, Social Control

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Richard Ennis

Document Summary

Chameleon effect, mimicking others" expressions, postures, and voice tones helps us feel what they are feelings. Conformity: adjusting one"s behaviour or thinking to coincide with a group standard. One is made to feel incompetent or insecure. The group has at least 3 people. One admires the group status and attractiveness. Normative social influence: influence resulting from a person"s desire to gain approval or avoid disapproval. Information social influence: influence resulting from one"s willingness to accept others" opinions about reality. When influence supports what we approve, we applaud those who are open minded and sensitive. When influence supports what we disapprove, we scorn the submissive conformity. Our influences as bad or good depends on our values. Social facilitation: stronger responses on simple or well-learned tasks in the presence of others. People perform less well when observes or others working on the same task are present. What you do well, you do even better in front of an audience.