PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Social Loafing, Processing Fluency, Peer Pressure
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Philip zimbardo: fail whole system; not a few bad apples; Kurt lewin: key founder of social psychology behavior = function of person & environment. Motor system: cerebellum & procedural learning physical + emotional. Chameleon effect: mimic others non-consciously, automatically without realization. Ppl who are mimicked hv more favorable views of ppl mimicking. Social norm: unwritten guidelines for how to behave in social contexts; peer pressure. Social loafing: ppl put less effort into working on a task with others (physical, cognitive, creativity activity) *highlight strength, keep group size . Low efficacy belief: too difficult task structuring task. One"s contribution are not important to group: input doesn"t matter understand member rely & affect each other; assign task to significant ppl. Don"t care group"s outcome: not personally identified with group (rejected) clear group goal; personal relationship. Others are not trying hard: feedback about progress of group members on individual task.
