PSYC 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Solomon Asch, Pluralistic Ignorance, Milgram Experiment

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Benjamin Giguere

Document Summary

Chamelon effect: describes how people mimic others non-consciously, automatically copying others behaviours even without realizing it . Social norms: the usually unwritten guidelines for how to behave in social contexts. Social loafing: which occurs when an individual puts less effort into working on a task with others. Social facilitation: occurs when ones performance is affected by the presence of others. Groupthink: refers to this sitting diversity that occurs when individuals are not able to express their true perspectives, instead having to focus on agreeing with others and maintaining harmony in the group. Solomon asch: groupthink can occur without a strong leader because of conformity pressures. In this study, partipants were seated at a table with other people who were secretly working with the experiment. People tend to be less likely to conform when. Only one other people is in the vicinity. There are only strangers in the group. There are extremely clear and simple tasks.