01:830:321 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: The Dilemma, Social Comparison Theory, Cyberbullying
26 Dec 2015
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What is a group: a set of people who have at least one of the following characteristics. Direct interactions with each other over a period of time. A shared common fate, identity, or goal (ex: political groups: they vary in _______________ Social facilitation : when others energize us: triplett"s fishing reel studies. Sometimes the presence of others made people feel. Sometimes the presence of others made people feel faster slower: zojonc"s mere presence theory. All animals are aroused by the presence of similar others: we can understand the presence of others on performance by considering 3 factors. Task difficulty: if the task is easy, the performance is done better by the presence of others. If the task is difficult, the task performance is impaired by the presence of others. Social facilitation : evaluation apprehension theory: evaluation apprehension theory. Someone must be in a position to judge/evaluate us. It shouldn"t affect us if the person is uninterested or inattentive.
