PSYC 2120 : Social Psych Chapter 10
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Group: two or more people who are interacting or influencing one another. Collective group: groups that exceed 20 people in size (nations, religions or political parties); these groups are important when it comes to making critical decisions. Social facilitation: idea that triplett concluded, that people do better when they are in the presence of others. Social loafing: goofing off when others can do the work. Social loafing: people may slack off in groups; the reduced motivation is due to people feeling that their personal contribution is unidentifiable. One factor that influences social loafing is the importance of the group to members (less likely to loaf if the group is meaningful to you) Another factor influencing the loafing is the attractiveness of the group (people are more motivated if the people in the group are friends or people are just attracted to others in the group) Social loafing can be either be due to explicit or implicit reasons.
