PSYC 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Group Polarization, Deindividuation, Social Comparison Theory
1 May 2017
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Group a collection of individuals who have relations to one another that make them interdependent to some significant degree. Social facilitation the effect of the presence of others on performance; having people around enhances performance: enhanced performance in the presence of others when performing a simple or well-learned task. Social unfacilitation having people around impedes performance: impaired performance in the presence of others when performing a difficult or novel task. Social loafing exerting less effort when working on a group task in which individual contributions cannot be monitored due to presence of others. Groupthink a style of thinking in which maintaining group cohesiveness and solidarity is more important than considering the facts in a realistic manner. Outcomes diverse opinions are not shared; make terrible decisions. Prevention: remain impartial, seek divergent opinions, create subgroups that meet separately beforehand, seek anonymous opinions, promote being correct/accurate/well-informed over maintaining solidarity. Other cultures more emphasis in collectivist cultures.
