Psychology 2990A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Social Loafing, Cockroach, Group 12 Element

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Today"s lecture behaviour in groups: social facilitation (the more presence of others, social loafing (many hands light work, group cohesion (the glue that binds us) Three definitions (types of groups): two or more people in the same place at the same time (eg. strangers waiting for a bus) An aggregate or collective (a non-social group: two or more people who influence each other (not much interaction or comm. ) A minimal group (eg. the wave at baseball game, singing the national anthem at a game) Not minimal influence, minimal interaction/communication: a social group : two or more people who influence each other through social interaction. The presence of others releases extra energy ( dynamogism ) that facilitates perfmance. Discovered that cyclists who competed with each other were faster than cyclists who competed alone. Study: two children coacting fishing wheel (kids wind string faster in the presence of other kids who were winding string than when they were alone)

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