PSYC 2120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Groupthink
20 Oct 2014
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What is a group: a group is two or more individuals, who for longer than a few moments, interact and influence one another and perceive one another as us . Dyad: smallest group of only 2 people. Group of 3: the worse, most unstable, can form alliances. How groups influence: performance, decision making. Group influence: 5 people waiting at the corner for a bus, people attending a worship service, the rolling stones fan club, the students in a seminar class, the students in our class? (bob. If you have very high arousal or very low arousal, (heart rate, adrenaline, etc. : (no arousal = don"t care) (arousal = anxious) Evaluation apprehension: concern with being evaluated by others. Distraction: others distract us and cause arousal by making us nervous (can focus on own skill) Mere presence: simply having others produces arousal (zajonc believed this) When the task is involving and requires group participation to complete it.
