PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13.1: Social Loafing, Social Facilitation, Observational Learning
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Social psychologists study the interaction between the person & situation. Behaviour is function of the person and environment: mimicry. Mimicry: taking on for ourselves the behaviours, emotional displays, and facial expressions of others. Motor systems involve cerebellum and its procedural learning functions. This form of learning depends on patterns formed through learning involving body. Chameleon effect: people mimic others non-consciously, automatically copying other"s behaviours even without realizing it. We conform to social norms: guidelines for how to behave in social contexts. Social loafing: individual puts less effort into working on task w/ others. Low efficacy beliefs: occurs if tasks are too difficult so people don"t know where to start. Believing contributions aren"t important: occurs if people can"t see how their own input matters. Not caring about group"s outcome: occurs when person isn"t personally identified w/ group. Feeling like others aren"t trying hard: people loaf if they feel others loafing.
