group influence

Question 1

social facilitation

Answer 1

mere presence of another influences behavior

Question 2

triplett

Answer 2

perform simple task well in the presence of others

Question 3

zajonc

Answer 3

arousal influences performance

dominant response strengthened

Question 4

crowding

Answer 4

arousal increase for everyone

can be too aroused

Question 5

social loafing

Answer 5

the tendency for people to exert less effort when they pool their efforts toward common goal when they are individually accountable

Question 6

social loafing causes

Answer 6

decrease in evaluation apprehension
>group evaluated, not individual

Diffused responsiblilty
>no one is solely responsible for failure

Question 7

free riders

Answer 7

people who benefit from the group but give little in return

Question 8

reducing social loafing

Answer 8

make task
>challenging
>appealing
-provide incentives
>involving 
>sense of team spirit
>make individual performance count

Question 9

deindividuation

Answer 9

loss of self-awareness and evaluation apprehension

Question 10

deindividuation occurs

Answer 10

group size
> lost in the group and focus on what group is doing

physical anonymity
>less self-conscisous more group consicous

distracting activites
> impulsive behavior in the group distracts from personal values
>group action absorbs our attention

Question 11

group think

Answer 11

tendency to support harmony of group and suppress dissent

Question 12

what cause group think

Answer 12

cohesiveness

isolation from dessenting points of view
>not sharing info about group to outsiders

directive leader

Question 13

symptoms of group think

Answer 13

group overestimates might and right
group becomes close-minded
group feels pressure toward uniformity

Question 14

group overestimate might and right

Answer 14

illision of invulnerabiltiy

unquestioned belief in groups morality

Question 15

group becomes close-minded

Answer 15

rationalizes decision
stereotyped view of opponent
groupthink

Question 16

group feels pressure towards uniformity

Answer 16

self-censorship
conformity pressure
illusion of unanimity
mindgaurds
>protect group from dissenting points of view

Question 17

group

Answer 17

two or more people who interact, influence one another, and perceived group as “us’’

Question 18

minority influences 3 factors

Answer 18

minority is consistence
minority is self-confident
minority causes defections from the majority

Question 19

leadership types

Answer 19

task leadership
social leadership
transformational leadership

Question 20

task leadership

Answer 20

organize others, goals oriented

leader is directive

Question 21

social leader

Answer 21

emphasis on teamwork
leader is democratic
minority influence

Question 22

transformantion leadership

Answer 22

ability to get others to identify and commit to mission

leaders vision and inspiration influences group

Question 23

most effective leadership

Answer 23

depends on members knowledge
can show both
>goal oriented
>sensitive to goals