Psychology 1000 Study Guide - Final Guide: Cognitive Dissonance, Fundamental Attribution Error, High High

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Derek Quinlan

Document Summary

Chapter 13: behaviour in a social context (powerpoint) How our behaviour is altered in the presence of others, whether that presence is real, implied or imagined. Ex: we tend to perform beter when we believe others are watching. Social facilitaion: tendency for people to perform diferently when in the presence of others than when alone. Found that the presence of other cyclists caused an increase in performance when compared to when cycling alone. Found that ants carried more dirt when other ants were present. Performance improves on simple tasks when others are present. Pro-social behaviour: any acion intended to help others. Norm of reciprocity: the expectaion that people will respond favorably to each other by returning beneits for beneits, and responding with either indiference or hosility to harms. Norm of responsibility: social standard that says we will help people in need.