Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Fishing Reel, Social Facilitation, Drive Theory
23 Jul 2013
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What is a group: 2 or more people. The individual in the group: group effects on individual. Triplett (1898: cyclists, fishing reel task. You work faster when in a group, doesn"t even have to be competitive, just having someone there gives the effect. Allport (1924: mere presence of others facilitates performance. They don"t even have to be doing the activity: but others report social inhibition. Drive to do things correctly or to complete them. Tendency to preform dominant response: correct. When doing a well learned task or a simple one. Trying a complex task or something you"ve never done. Presence of others creates anticipation of positive or negative outcomes. Henchy and glass (1868: audience was expert or non expert. Experts will facilitate performace, while non experts will not affect performance. Blindfolded audience: they cant see you and therefore no social facilitation effect. Group decision makings: groups can easily make worse decisions than individuals, quality influenced by.
