Class 3

Question 1

social contagion

Answer 1

spread of affect or beavior from one or a few individuals to others

May involve release of inhibitions against acting in a particluar way

Question 2

social facilitation

Answer 2

people perform differently in the presence of others

both evaluation apprehension and mere presence.

arousal facilitates dominant response

Question 3

social loafing

Answer 3

tendency for people to exert less effort when they pool their efforts toward a common goal than when they are alone (inefficiency, free rider effect, sucker effect)

group dynamic that the whole is unequal to the sum of its parts

Question 4

antidotes for social loafing:

accountability, identifiability, collective welfare model

Answer 4

am i held accountable for getting shit

will people know if i dont get shit

Collective welfare model: do I care about the current? will my effects make a difference for the outcome