Psychology 2070A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 10&11: Social Loafing, Alternative Culture, Group Cohesiveness

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2070A/B
• Professor: Richard Sorrentino

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Chapter 10 - group dynamics & intergroup relations. Group dynamics study of groups and group processes. Group two or more people who are interacting and/or influencing one another. Triplett conducted a study and found that children performed winding a fishing reel better when another child was also present and concluded that people perform better in the presence of others. However, subsequent studies testing the effects of audience on individual"s performance found inconsistent findings. Zajonc found that those showing an improvement in performance in front of an audience utilized simple tasks where those that show a decrease in performance utilized relatively complex task. Zajonc hypothesized that the presence of other people increases the probability of the dominant responses on a task. Zajonc predicted that these tendencies will be heightened by the presence of an audience proposed that this phenomena occurs bc the presence of other people is physiologically arousing may be anxious about performing well in front of others.