CHAPTER 7 GROUP INFLUENCE Flashcards
group
Two or more people who, for longer than a few moments, interact with and influence one another and perceive one another as “us.”
co-actors
A group of people working simultaneously and individually on
a noncompetitive task.
social facilitation
(1) Original meaning: the tendency of people
to perform simple or well-learned tasks better when others are
present. (2) Current meaning: the strengthening of dominant (prevalent, likely) responses owing to the presence of others.
evaluation apprehension
Concern how others are evaluating us.
social loafing
The tendency for people to exert less effort when they pool their efforts toward a common goal than when they are individually accountable.
free-ride
Benefiting from the group, but giving little in return
deindividuation
Loss of self-awareness and evaluation apprehension; occurs in group situations that foster anonymity and draw attention away from the individual
group polarization
Group-produced enhancement of members’ pre- existing tendencies; a strengthening of the members’ average tendency, not a split within the group
pluralistic ignorance
A false impression of how other people are thinking, feeling, or responding
groupthink
The tendency for groups, in the process of decision making, to suppress dissenting cognitions in the interest of ensuring harmony within the group.
leadership
The process by which certain group members motivate and guide the group.
