PSYCH-225 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Lynching, Deindividuation, Psych
7 Jul 2020
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Three or more people who interact and are interdependent in the sense that their needs and goals cause them to influence each other. Shared expectations in a group about how particular people are supposed to behave. Qualities of a group that bind members together and promote liking. The tendency for people to do better on simple tasks when and worse on complex tasks when they are in the presence of other and their individual performance can be evaluated. Any aspect of group interaction that inhibits good problem solving. The combined memory of two people that is more efficient than the memory of either individual. Baiting jumpers: when would most baiting of jumpers occur: at night with a large crowed. Trick or treaters given opportunity to steam candy or money. How do you get rid of deindividuation. Group polarization: the tendency for groups to make decisions that are more extreme than the initial inclinations of its members.
