GEOG 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Social Loafing, Tunnel Vision, Deindividuation
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Zajonc"s mere presence theory: the presence of others increases arousal, being aware that others around you, you are likely to engage in the dominant response, arousal enhances whatever response tendency is dominant (most likely, dominant response a) b) Dominant response: on easy or well learned tasks, the dominant response is correct, on difficult or unfamiliar tasks, the dominant response is incorrect, the three social facilitation theories, mere presence theory. Individual effort can be assessed and evaluated (individual effort) Factors influencing deindividuation: accountability, collectivism tend to decrease individual accountability, self-awareness, collectives tend to decrease self-awareness. Xii. people rely on group norms to decide their respective behaviors. Xiii. groups can be different than the sum of their parts: can change your status from an individual to group (collective) Xv. classic trait approach: great person theory: the idea that certain key personality traits make a person a good leader, regardless of the situation, leadership is a cross-sectional measurement.
