4.3b Psychology of Social Situations: Group Behavior

Question 1

in the presence of others, improved performance on simple or well-learned tasks, and worsened
performance on difficult tasks.

Answer 1

social facilitation

Question 2

the loss of self-awareness and self-restraint occurring in group situations that foster arousal and
anonymity.

Answer 2

deindividuation

Question 3

the tendency for people in a group to exert less effort when pooling their efforts toward attaining a
common goal than when individually accountable.

Answer 3

social loafing

Question 4

the enhancement of a group’s prevailing inclinations through discussion within the group.

Answer 4

group polarization

Question 5

the mode of thinking that occurs when the desire for harmony in a decision-making group
overrides a realistic appraisal of alternatives.

Answer 5

groupthink

Question 6

the enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, values, and traditions shared by a group of people and
transmitted from one generation to the next.

Answer 6

culture

Question 7

a place with clearly defined and reliably imposed norms.

Answer 7

tight culture

Question 8

a place with flexible and informal norms.

Answer 8

loose culture