PSY321H1 Lecture Notes - Social Facilitation, Motivation
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Exists across culture, uses for same purpose, and use to same degree so equally accessible. Social facilitation-finding that people typical to better on easy tasks when in presence of others and worse on complex tasks. Develops early and seen in other species, ants. Used in same way and exists and used in same degree, always occurs: accessible to the same degree across cultures, ex. Functional universal: exists in multiple cultures, used in the same way across cultures, but more accessible to some cultures, ex. Punishing for violating rules or justice: used for same purpose as a sanction across cultures. However some cultures use punishment more often so cultures differ in how much they use: atraction to sim: similar belief, attitudes attract together. Used in same way to form social bonds. Intrinsic motivation and success/failure: nonuniversal, does not exists in multiple cultures, ex. Differ in experiences of what they find intrinsic motivating: ex.
