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Group

collection of individuals who have relations to one another that make them interdependent to some significant degree

Norman triplett

first to experimentally examine the effect of other people's presence on one's performance. Found that children turned a fishing reel faster in the presence of an audience

Social facilitation

initially a term for enhanced performance in the presence of others; now a broader term for the effect, positive or negative, of the presence of others on performance

Triplett

observes Tour de France: cyclists are faster when in groups
-asks kids to cast a fishing line and reel it in as fast as possible-- kids are faster in groups
-some people replicated Triplett's results, others got the opposite! how is this possible???!!! Zajonc explains

Zajonc's theory

the presence of others facilitates performance on simple/well learned tasks while the presence of others hinders performance on difficult or novel tasks.
-Component 1: presence of others makes ppl more aroused Component 2: arousal makes a person more likely to make a dominant response Component 3: for easy or well learned tasks the dominant response is usually correct while the opposite is true for difficult task, thus audiences improve performance on simple things and impairs performance on difficult things

Dominant response

a person's hierarchy of possible responses in any context, the response he or she is most likely to make

Zajonc and Sales demonstration of mere presence of others effect

-participants pronounce words between 1 and 16x (words pronounced a lot become dominant response) then participants see a flash of a word and must guess what the word was either alone or while watched
-presence of others makes it more likely that you guess the word being flashed is one of the ones you pronounced a lot than if you're alone

stereotypes as dominant responses

Lambert et al found evidence of stereotyping when participants performed task in public vs. in private
-consistent with Zajonc model: in the presence of others, stereotypes are more likely to be acivated b/c stereotypes are well-learned
-social facilitation of prejudice

Cockroach study

cockroaches dominant response to light is to run away. When running in a pair in a simple maze they ran quicker while in a more complicated maze they took longer to find the dark chamber (the goal). A second study suggests that even the mere presence of another person, as opposed to competition possibly increasing the performance of the participant.

Evaluation apprehension

people's concern about how they might appear to others, or be evaluated by them

Pseudo

recognition test- partcipants are tricked into guessing(they don't realize) each time

Cottrell evaluation apprehension study

3 conditions: participant tries to recognize words flashed on a screen alone, in front of others, in front of blindfolded others (who thus cant evaluate the participant). Results: presence of evaluative audience responded more dominantly while presence of blindfolded audience responses were similar to those of the participant when alone

Markus true alone condition study

established a more true alone condition because the participant hadn't realized the experiment had begun. Results: participants did well learned tasks more quickly in merely present audience than alone and even more quickly with an attentive audience than a merely present audience. It had the reverse effect for novel tasks. Shows that when compared to a true alone condition social facilitation works even with a mere presence of another

Distraction conflict theory

based on the idea that being aware of another person's presence created a conflict between paying attention to that person and paying attention to the task at hand and that this attentional conflict is arousing and produces social facilitation

Social loafing

the tendency to exert less effort when working on a group task in which individual contributions cannot be monitered

Groupthink(Janis)

faulty thinking by members of highly cohesive groups in which the critical scrutiny that should be devoted to the issues at hand is subverted by social pressures to reach consensus
-similar to pluralistic ignorance: you're all thinkign the same thing (dissenting) but you don't say anything of your real opinion bc you think you're the only one

historical examples of groupthink

-JFK decision to invade bay of pigs
-Challenger explosion
-Columbia heat tiles incident

antecedents of groupthink (need to have these for phenomenon to occur)

-group is cohesive
-isolated
-there is a directive leader with a lot of power
-stress- the decision needs to be made quickly
-poor decision making rules

symptoms of groupthink

-illusion of invulnerability
-collective rationalization
-belief in inherent morality
-stereotyped view of outgroups
-self-censorship
-direct pressure on dissenters
-the illusion of unanimity (pluralistic ignorance)

outcomes/consequences of groupthink

-incomplete survey of alternatives
-failure to examine risks of preferred choices
-poor information search
-selective bias in processing information at hand
-failure to have a plan B

caveat of groupthink theory

hindsight bias- Once we know the outcome—are we just spinning events to fit the theory?

Incestuous amplification

a condition in warfare where one only listens to those who agree with them, reinforces set beliefs and encourages groupthink

Self

censorship- withholding info and opinions in group discussion

Antecedent of groupthink

high cohesiveness, insulation of the group, lack of procedures for information search and appraisal, directive leadership, high stress with a low degree hope for finding a better solution than the one favored by the leader or other influential ppl

Motivation for groupthink

concurrence seeking

Risky shift

the tendency for groups to make riskier decisions than individuals would

Choice dilemma (stoner)

he tested whether group decision or individual decisions were more risky. Result: groups tended to recommend riskier courses of action. When asked to make individual decisions again after a group decision, their choices were riskier and aligned with the group decisions more
-groups polarize people's opinions

Group polarization

the tendency for group decisions to be more extreme then those made by individuals; whatever way the group as a whole is leaning, group discussion tends to make it lean further that direction. Influencing factors: persuasive arguments, social comparison (trying to outdo one another with a riskier or more conservative view), valuing risk (due to American culture, we tend to see risk takers as admirable)

Power

the ability to control one's own outcomes and those of others; the freedom to act

Status

the outcome of an evaluation of attributes that produces differences in respect and prominence and which contributes to determining a person's power within a group

Authority

power that derives from institutionalized roles of arrangements

Dominance

behavior enacted with the goal of acquiring or demonstrating power

Approach/inhibition theory

a theory maintaining that high power individuals are inclined to go after their goals and make quick and sometimes rash judgments, whereas low power ppl are more likely to constrain their behavior and pay careful attention to others. Second core element is that the powerless are more unflexible their thinking (tasks that require good cognitive control and flexibility can be harder for them) and the powerful are less constrained in their behavior (the higher someones rank in a company the more likely they are to have had an affair while married

E study

Magee induced whether ppl felt powerful or powerless by asking them to recall a time they felt powerful or powerless and then asked them to draw an A on their forehead so that someone across from them could read it. People feeling powerful wre less likely to reverse the E on their forehead so that people across from them could read it i.e. power reduces the ability to empathize with others and acknowledge their point of view

Deindividuation

a reduced sense of individual identity accompanied by diminished self-regulation that can come over people when they are in a large group

what can cause deindividuation?

-large groups
-night
-ability to mask your face
-other factors promoting anonymity

Model of deindividuation

conditions: anonymity, diffusion of responsibility, energizing effect of others, stimulus overload. Deindividuation: lessened self observation and self evaluation, lessened concern with the evaluations of others, weakening of internal controls. Behavioral effects: impulsivity, irrationality, emotionality, antisocial activity

Watson study of deindividuation

-studies tribe members' barbarism when they feel anonymous in battle
-warriors were more likely to be violent when anonymous (wearing warpaint)

Suicide baiting

more likely to occur when there are 300+ observers and it occurs after 6pm. The crowd and night time contribute to observer's feeling of anonymity and causes them to bait the suicide
-due to deindividuation

other evidence of deindividuation

-Children more likely to commit pranks of mildly illegal behavior on Halloween if they were wearing costumes with a mask than if they were wearing a costume without a mask
-people more likely to do illegal/bad things if they'd be invisible for the day (Dodd finds both convicted felons and college students have same results!)

reversing deindividuation

you are less likely to do bad things when you think you're being watched
-individuation

Individuation

an enhanced sense of individual identity produced by focusing attention on th self which generally leads people to act carefully deliberately and in accordance with their sense of propriety and values

Self awareness theory

a theory maintaining that when people focus their attention inward on themselves they become concerned with self evaluation and how their current behavior conforms to their internal standards and values
-study where subject walks into testing room where there's either a mirror or not, main finding: self-standards effect: liberals respond more consistently liberal and v.v. for conservatives-- in the presence of a mirror it makes your own attitudes more accessible

Spotlight effect

people's conviction that other ppl are paying attention to them more than they actually are

mob behavior

individualistic (yes it is a group but it's made up of individuals) or group approach (look at attitudes and behaviors as part of a collective)
-most psychologists are in the individualistic approach camp

older theoretical perspective on mobs

there's something about being in groups that leads to anti-social behavior
-LeBon

newer perspective on mobs

the most direct predictor of anti-social behavior is de-individuation followed by decreased self-regulation

what determines if a group is meaningful

-size
-intimacy of group
-how long the group is together
-permeability of the group

what is a group? Cooley's classic model

primary groups (small, long-term, facec-to-face) and secondary groups (larger, less intimate, more goal-focused)
-problem with this model: too simplistic-- there aren't only two types of groups, it's more of a continuum

what is a group? Entativity model by Campbell

-an index of "groupiness"
-A continuum in terms of whether a mere collection of individuals are psychologically connected or not where low entativity is not connected members who do not feel like they belong to a meaningful group and high entativity is very connected members who feel as though they belong to a meaningful group
-factors that contribute to entativity: similarity, common fate, proximity, resistance to intrusion
-limitations: doesn't address the manner in which groups are formed

what is a group? Arrow's model

-planned groups- core feature: deliberately formed by the members themselves (founded) or by an outside entity (concocted)
-emergent groups- core feature: groups that spontaneously form as a function of common goals
-circumstantial: Unplanned groups arising when external forces set the stage to join together, often only temporarily (ex: waiting lines, crowds, audiences)
-self-organizing: Emerge when interacting individuals gradually align their activities in a cooperative system of interdependence

are groups more or less risky than individuals in decision making?

more!!! (contrary to popular belief)

Galton can crowds be wise

classic and famous example where people at a fair try and guess the weight of the ox, whoever guesses closest wins the ox
-the median was really really close to the true weight
-Any individual guess likely to be too high or too low but the average was really close to right
-shows that the mean of any judgement by a crowd will be close to the true mean of the quantity to be estimated

who wants to be a millionaire example

Contestants asked questions that become more difficult, if they get stuck they could call a friend or ask the audience—if they ask the audience they get it right a lot more than if they ask an expert (91%)

four key conditions that characterize wise crowds

1. Diversity of opinion
2. Independence—make sure people's opinions are not determined by the opinions of those around them
3. Decentralization—people are able to specialize and not draw on local knowledge
4. Aggregation—a mechanism for turning private judgments into a collective decision

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When the presence of others leads to enhanced performance it is an example?

Social facilitation is an improvement in the performance of a task in the presence of others (audience, competitor, co-actor) compared to their performance when alone.

How does the presence of others affect performance quizlet?

How does the presence of others affect our performance? we tend to do better and be more competitive in the presence of others, but not always. Increased arousal enhances the dominant response. You just studied 84 terms!

Which best describes the effects of the presence of others on performance?

The tendency to perform tasks better or faster in the presence of others is known as social facilitation . Although people sometimes perform better when they are in groups than they do alone, the situation is not that simple.

Which of the following occurs when the presence of other people changes individual performance?

Social facilitation, also known as the audience effect, refers to the idea that an individual's performance of a task improves in the presence of others (or while being watched).