Psychology 2070A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Abu Ghraib, Social Loafing, Stanford Prison Experiment

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2070A/B
• Professor: Graeme Haynes

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Social norms: may not be shared by diff groups belong- if violate= shunned and extreme pressured to leave. Social facilitation: when the presence of others energizes us: presence of others can mean performing task w others doing same thing as you/ performing task in front of audience not doing anything but observing you. Individual cockroach ran away from bright light faster in presence other roaches than when by themselves- as long as task rel simple and well learned= mere presence others improves task (consistent other animals) Simple versus difficult tasks: when working on more dif task, solve maze get to dark part= longer solve other roaches- worse presence others when task dif. Arousal and the dominant response: social facilitation- tendency people to do better on simple tasks, but worse on complex tasks, when they are in the presence of others and their individual performance can be elevated.