01:830:321 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Biological Specificity, Collectivism, Deindividuation

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Group : consists of two or more people who interact and are interdependent in the sense. A set of people who have at least one of the following characteristics that their needs and goals cause them to influence each other. Direct interactions with each other over a period of time. A shared common fate, identity or set of goals. An assembly of people engaging in a common activity but having little direct interaction with each other. Some social psychological processes are unique to real groups. Social facilitation: when the presence of others energizes us. Social facilitation : tendency for people to do better on simple tasks and worse on complex tasks when they are in the presence of others and their individual performance can be evaluated. Performed the task faster when other were present. Zajonc"s mere pr sence theory : all animals are aroused by the presence of conspecific others.

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