Influence of others Flashcards
Co-Actor
Another individual performing the same task
Social facilitation
The increased performance that occurs in the presence of co-actors or an audience.
Social facilitation
The increased performance that occurs in the presence of co-actors or an audience.
Complications of Triplett’s hypothesis
The presence of others can sometimes hinder rather than help a performance
Zajonc’s resolution of conflicting data
Usually in simple tasks performance is enhanced with an audience, but for complex tasks performance is worse
Social learning theory
We learn appropriate behaviour by modeling and imitating the behaviour of others
Main finding of Bobo Doll experiment
children imitate adults without expecting a reward.
- adults hit doll, kids hit doll
- adults hit clown in disguise, kids hit clown
autokinetic effect
It is an optical illusion. Participants watch a stationary light in a black room which appears to move. This effect causes the participants to imagine a movement that never occurred.
autokinetic effect
It is an optical illusion. Participants watch a stationary light in a black room which appears to move. This effect causes the participants to imagine a movement that never occurred.
Results of Sherif’s experiment
A confederate of the experiment gave a large number of movement. The responses moved towards the large estimate.
Description of Asch’s experiment and results
Participants would see one simple line and 3 comparison lines. Had to identify the lines that were identical. When confederates agreed on clearly wrong responses, 75% participants conformed once to a wrong response and 37% conformed to all wrong responses.
Normative
role of others in setting standards for our conduct based in a fear of rejection. Ex: fashion.
Informational function
role of others in providing information about an ambiguous situation.
Stoner’s experiment set-up
Asked individuals to read a said of hypothetical situations to make risk assessments. One was in group and others individually.
- Groups accepted the situation with a lower possibility of success and higher risk
- Individuals accepted situation with a higher probability of success
Group polarization
Group decision making strengthens the original inclinations of the individual group members