Group Behavior

Question 1

____ ____ - The phenomenon that occurs when people perform better in front of an audience than when they perform alone. (Humans aren’t the only ones, it is a natural response)

Answer 1

Social facilitation

Question 2

____ ____ - The concern about the opinion of others

Answer 2

Evaluation apprehension

Question 3

___ ___ - The phenomenon that occurs when people in groups “slack off” rather than accomplishing their group goal

Answer 3

Social loafing

Question 4

___ ___ _____ - The tendency for people to feel less responsible for when the effort is shared among group members rather than alone

Answer 4

Diffusion of responsibility

Question 5

___ ___ ___ - Rules that govern group decision making

Answer 5

Social decision schemes

Question 6

____-____ scheme - the group decision is based on the majority opinion (usually done when there are no right or wrong answers, like friends deciding what to do on the weekend)

Answer 6

Majority-wins scheme

Question 7

___-___ scheme - The decision is based on learning more about the options (members of the group may change their preference given new info available, usually there’s a better choice between the options)

Answer 7

Truth-wins scheme

Question 8

___-___ ___ scheme - When 2/3 of the group guide the rest of the decision making (kind of decision making that usually happens on juries)

Answer 8

Two-thirds majority scheme

Question 9

___-___ scheme - Usually occur when the group is split 50-50 (may only take one person, that is first shift, to change their opinion and everyone else will begin to change theirs)

Answer 9

First-Shift scheme