PSY220H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Social Dilemma, Ethnocentrism, Motivation
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Group: exists when 2 or more people define themselves as members when its existence is recognized by at least one other. Posses important aspects: interconnectedness, shared outcomes; as well as knowledge that it is not a system on its own. Intra group: those that happen within a group. Intergroup: those that happen between groups of people. 1) groups tip less at restaurants than single people, because they assume that others in the group will pick up the slacl ex 2) groups can cause shifts in attitudes (exs. Social facilitation: when people do better on a task in the presence of others (vs when they are alone) Study (triplett): showed that children would perform a task better (winding up a fishing reel faster) if in the presence of other children. Social inhibition: when people do worse on a task in the presence of others (vs alone)
