PSY220H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Hazel Rose Markus, Individuation, Stroop Effect
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Group life helps us in many ways. Kids reel faster when other kids there o. Social facilitation: +/- response to presence of others on performance. Same effects when not doing the same thing but just present. Dr correct in simple but wrong in hard. Dr: response person is most likely to make. Start box w/ light, get to end faster when others present. Mere presence was enough, didn"t need to be co-actors: mere presence or evaluation apprehension. Evaluation apprehension: concern about how others perceive, evaluate you. Hazel markus test w/ stuff on or off. Did better at familiar when dude present then alone, did worse with novel stuff as well. Did best/worst when keen watch but still shows that mere presence can effect: distraction conflict theory. Presence of other leads to attention conflict, leads to arousal, leads to sf o. Group decision making: group think o o. Consensus more important then critically looking at stuff.
