PSYC 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 44: Social Facilitation, Deindividuation, Groupthink

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Dan Meegan

Document Summary

Adjusting our behaviour or thinking to coincide with a group standard. Influence resulting from a person"s desire to gain approval or avoid disapproval. Influence resulting from one"s willingness to accept others" opinions about reality. The strengthened performance of a task in the presence of others (simple tasks) On tougher tasks, people perform worse when others are working on the same task. The tendency for people in a group to exert less effort when pooling their efforts toward attaining a common goal, than when individually accountable. The loss of self-awareness and self-restraint occurring in group situations that foster arousal and anonymity. The enhancement of a group"s prevailing inclinations through discussion within the group.