3A/B Psych Social-> Group behaviour Flashcards
Main syllabus points:
- Behaviour within groups
- Co-operation
- Deindividualisation
- Social loafing
- Brainstorming
- effect of group size on behaviour
Group definition/ What is a group?
A group is any collection of two or more people whom interact and influence one another and share a common purpose.
Behavour in groups pts:
- Can differ behavior from being alone
- Presence of others; heighten arousal, diminsih responsibility
Deindividualisation
Abandoning usual restraints to join in group behaviour. Due to anonoymity and a shift in attention
Zimbardo and collegues( Deindividualisation, electric shock)
Impact of deindividualisation on students willingness to deliver electric shocks to another student
- Identity concealed with a hoodie, overalls
- Identty not concealed, plains clothes
- Findings: Anonomoyous students give larger
Reicher (Dein) social norms
Dein. increased social norms
++ social norms and ++ group behaviour
Johnson and Downing elettic shock
Normative tendencies ( copy/behave like group)
- half faces visible(G2), half hidden(G1).
- Shock via people dressed in KKK outfits G1, nurses G2
- Nurses: caring norms of that group( indiidual)
- KKK: copied others in groups(Deindividualised
Co-op in groups
- Problems arise when groups not co-oprating/ group conflict together.
- groups must work together to achieve the desired outcome sucessfully
Competition in groups
—- group cohesion,reduces ability of group to complete goal
+++ group solidarity (Unity of action, feeling in a group with common interests)
Inter-group hostility; IN/OUT group
Brainstorming
-To generate ideas in a group setting
-More hands means light work; achieve tasks quicker than single ppl.
-Members can bring varied skills and support each other
Main factors that affect this:
Size; + or -, depends on size
Communication
Social loafing
Group cohesiveness
Closeness
competion/co-operaton influcne
Affect on completing a task; brainstorming SIZE
+ or -, depends on size
Communication
++ make ideas, create things faster
- -People get distracted
- -One person tends to lead the group
- -One person speaking at a timel time restraints, wasteage
Closeness
How much a person feels part of the group
Part of group; ore likely to go with group behaviour
Not part; may resist group behaviour, not join in
Social loafing
Putting less effort in, when in a group setting
- Less accountable in a group
- May feel that efforts aren’t as important
Ingham(blind fold, social loafing)
Practice of putting less effort in when in a group
-tricked ppl into pulling rope, tricked that 3 others were helping, only put in 82% effort compared to when done themselves, when they belived it was just themselves pulling.
