Psychology 2070A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Social Loafing, Deindividuation, Space Shuttle Challenger

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2070A/B
• Professor: Taylor Kohut

Document Summary

Chapter 8 group processes influence in social groups. Social facilitation: when the presence of others energizes us. Social loafing: when the presence of others relaxes us. Process loss: when group interactions inhibit good problem solving. Compromises a collection of three or more people who interact with each other. Groups are characterized by interdependence, in the sense that their needs and goals cause them to rely on one another. A group of two people is referred to as a dyad. Social baseline theory (coan & sbarra, 2014): posits that the (cid:862)default(cid:863) (cid:373)ode of hu(cid:373)a(cid:374) existence has involved social proximity and interaction. Asserts that people can help us survive and we have adapted to the presence of the humans in order to survive. Forming relationships with others fulfills a basic human motivation, the need to belong. James cameron (1999) suggested that the groups to which we belong even play an important role in defining who we expect to be in the future.