PSYCH253 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Deindividuation, Social Comparison Theory, Ingroups And Outgroups
4 Sep 2013
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Group- two or more people who, for longer than a few moments, interact with and influence one another and perceive one another as us . Others" presence arousal strengthens dominant responses enhancing easy behaviour impairing difficult behaviour being in a crowd increases these effects, even with personality. Nice people act nicer, unfriendly people are even more disliked when others are close by, we are more likely to notice and join in their laughter or clapping. People perform better when co-acter is slightly superior. Arousal lessens when a high-status group is diluted by adding people whose opinions don"t matter to us. People who worry about others" evaluations are most affected. Effects are greatest when others are unfamiliar and hard to keep an eye on. Self-conscious basketball players analyze their body movements and are more likely to miss. Driven by distraction- arousal comes not from presence of another person, but from a non-human distraction (bursts of light).
