Ch. 8 Group influence

Question 1

Social facilitation

Answer 1

presence of others facilitates our behaviors

Question 2

Easy social facilitation

Answer 2

better our response (improves our behaviors)

Question 3

Difficult social facilitation

Answer 3

hurts our response (harms our behavior)

Question 4

What is facilitating?

Answer 4

arousal

Question 5

Why is crowding difficult?

Answer 5

because it makes us uncomfortable

Question 6

Evaluation apprehension

Answer 6

• all in your head

Question 7

How can arousal be a distraction

Answer 7

too much harms performance and you over focus on behaviors

Question 8

How does arousal diminish self-awareness

Answer 8

act impulsively, get lost in moment

Question 9

social loafing

Answer 9

free rides, individual efforts pooled NOT evaluated, less arousal

Question 10

Social loafing: If a group matters

Answer 10

we do NOT social loaf

Question 11

Social loafing: if things are challenging, appealing, involving

Answer 11

we do NOT social loaf

Question 12

social facilitation

Answer 12

evaluation apprehension

Question 13

Deindividuation

Answer 13

losing our own individual identity and become a generic part of a group

Question 14

Populated group size

Answer 14

• feel more anonymous

Question 15

physical anonymity

Answer 15

internet/ wearing masks/ uniforms

Question 16

Unpopulated group size

Answer 16

feel more achknowledgment

Question 17

self-awareness

Answer 17

self-conscious state in which attention focuses on oneself

Question 18

What does self-awareness make people?

Answer 18

more sensitive to their own attitudes and dispositions

Question 19

What is self-awareness the opposite of?

Answer 19

deindividuation

Question 20

Power of One

Answer 20

• Be consistent
• Be Self confident
• Be different

Question 21

Group think

Answer 21

• amiable/ cohesive in group
• has directive leader
• group is isolated
• consensus seeking

Question 22

Group think symptoms

Answer 22

• invulnerability
• close-mindedness and stereotypes
• pressure towards uniformity/ conformity
• unanimity
• mindguards

Question 23

Invulnerability

Answer 23

convince yourself you are okay, rationalize

Question 24

Pressure towards uniformity/ conformity

Answer 24

do not want to be ridiculed so you conform

Question 25

Self- censorship

Answer 25

do not say anything when it does not make sense

Question 26

unanimity

Answer 26

everyone agrees because no one says anything

Question 27

mindguards

Answer 27

keeps outside information away from the group = prevention of alternative views

Question 28

group polarization

Answer 28

group-produced enhancement of members' pre-existing tendencies

Question 29

"risky shift phenomenon"

Answer 29

not only when a group decides by a consensus but even after a brief discussion, individuals too, will alter their decisions

Question 30

"accentuation effect

Answer 30

people in certain groups will become more like that group over time or be more intensely so if already felt/acted that way

Question 31

informational influence

Answer 31

accepting evidence about reality

Question 32

active participation

Answer 32

verbal commitment magnifies impact

Question 33

normative influence

Answer 33

person's desire to be accepted or admired with others'

Question 34

social comparison

Answer 34

evaluating one's opinions and abilities with others'

Question 35

pluralistic ignorance

Answer 35

false impression of what most other people think or feel or how they respond (impedes start-up relationships)

Question 36

leadership

Answer 36

certain group members motivate and guide the group

Question 37

task leadership

Answer 37

organizes work, sets standards, and focuses on goals

Question 38

2 different types of task leadership

Answer 38

directive style and goal orientated

Question 39

social leadership

Answer 39

builds teamwork, mediates conflict, and offers support

Question 40

2 types of social leadership

Answer 40

democratic style and good for morale

Question 41

transformational leadership

Answer 41

followers enabled by a leader's vision and inspiration

Question 42

transformational leadership motivates what

Answer 42

others to identify with and commit themselves to group's mission by articulating high standards and offers personal attention