Psychology 2990A/B Lecture Notes - Social Facilitation, Social Loafing, Simple Math

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2990A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

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Chapter 3: sport psychology: social facilitation (mere presence of others, social loafing (many hands make light work, group cohesion (the glue that bind us) Three definitions: types of groups: two or more ppl in the same place at same time eg: strangers waiting for a bus. An aggregate or collective (or non-social group: two or more ppl who influence each other (not much interaction or comm. ) A minimal group eg: wave at bb game. Part 1: social facilitation: how are we influenced by the mere presence of others: norman triplett 1898 interest in cyclists cyclists who competed with each other were faster than cyclists who competed alone. Wanted to test as scientist (very first experiment in social psychology) Group 1 kids winding strings alone. Group 2 kids winding string with other kids (competition) Kids wind string faster in the presence of other kids who were winding string than when alone.