Chapter 14 Key Terms Flashcards
a collection of at least 2 people who are doing or being something together
group
the loss of self-awareness and of individual accountability in a group
deindividuation
concern about how others are evaluating your performance
evaluation apprehension
the most common response in a given situation
dominant response
proposition that the presence of others increases the dominant response tendency
social facilitation theory
individuals who regard themselves as better than others and are constantly trying to win the admiration of others
narcissists
the finding that people reduce effort when working in a group, compared to when working alone
social loafing
the idea that one social loafer can cause other people to loaf as well
bad apple effect
the finding that people will sometimes sacrifice their own gain for the betterment of all, by punishing people who cheat the system
altruistic punishment
the tendency for shared or jointly owned resources to be squandered and not used in an optimal or advantageous fashion
commons dilemma
a form of creative thinking in groups, using a procedure in which all group members are encouraging to generate as many ideas as possible
brainstorming
a process by which members of a small group remember different kinds of information
transactive memory
the tendency of group members to think alike
groupthink
choosing not to express doubts or other information that goes against a group’s plans and views
self-censorship
a tendency for groups to take greater risks than the same individuals (on average) would have decided to take individually
risky shift
