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PSYB10H3 Lecture 5: Social Psychology Lecture 5.docx

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Psychology
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PSYB10H3
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Elizabeth Page- Gould

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Group cohesiveness: degree to which the group members are or perceived to be close. >in the mind of the group members: more cohesive it is the more liking you have for them just bc they are a member. >in the mind of outsiders: the more cohesive a group is perceived to be, the more we stereotype them and think they"re all the same. Social facilitation: tendency for performance to be improved when doing well learned task in the presence of others. >but sometimes the presence of others, when the task is not well practiced. Social loafing: tendency for people to slack off when there"s a group of people contributing to the behave. >if you cannot be individually evaluated you perform worse on simple tasks and better on complex one. Your imagination of how you"re going to be evaluated and how imp it is to be evaluated.

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35. The fire alarm goes off. Nina doesn't react because she's uncertain about what's going on. She looks to other people and sees that they are not reacting so she assumes the alarm must be a drill. Nina's thought best illustrates the explanation of the unresponsive-bystander effect A) informational influence B) normative influence C) evaluation anxiety D) diffusion of responsibility E) social loafing

35. The fire alarm goes off. Nina doesn't react because she's uncertain about what's going on. She looks to other people and sees that they are not reacting so she assumes the alarm must be a drill. Nina's thought best illustrates the __ explanation of the unresponsive-bystander effect A) informational influence B) normative influence C) evaluation anxiety D) diffusion of responsibility E) social loafing

Imagine a group of like-minded people getting together to write an important document for the foundation of a new country. What should this group of like-minded people do to decrease the likelihood of falling prey to groupthink?


 

Select one: a.

 

Invite people with differing perspectives (or backgrounds – e.g. women and non-White people!) to sit down in the “room where it happens” and help make edits to the document


 

b.

 

Designate group members to play the role of “critical evaluator” and pose counterarguments


 

c.

 

Organize the group into smaller sub-groups responsible for making decisions.


 

d.

All of the above.Â