PSYC 3430 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Crew Resource Management, Social Loafing, James Surowiecki

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3430
• Professor: Peter Thompson

Document Summary

People often answer the question how can we get the job done? with let"s form a group. This chapter examines the productivity of task-focused groups by reviewing studies of group tasks, social facilitation, social loafing (the ringelmann effect), social combination (steiner"s task theory), and social creativity (brainstorming). Use the mcgrath task circumplex model to classify the group tasks. Identify the factors that should be considered when deciding if a task should be completed by a group rather than a single individual. 10. 3. review the assumptions of steiner"s theory of group performance. Summarize zajonc"s (1965) model of social facilitation of performance. Describe at least three different experimental studies that have been used to test zajonc"s. Identify and describe the drive, physiological, neurological, motivational, attentional, cognitive, and personality processes that combine to determine when social facilitation will and will not occur. Compare and contrast zajonc"s drive theory, cottrell"s evaluation apprehension model, distraction conflict theory, and social orientation theory.