Module 76

Question 1

social facilitation

Answer 1

improved performance on simple or well learned tasks in the presence of others

Question 2

social loafing

Answer 2

the tendency for people in a group to insert less effort when pooling their efforts towards attaining a common goal than when individually accountable

Question 3

devindividuation

Answer 3

the loss of self awareness and self restraint occurring in group situations that foster arousal and anonymity

Question 4

group polarization

Answer 4

the enhancement of a groups prevailing inclinations through discussion within the group

Question 5

groupthink

Answer 5

the mode of thinking that occurs when the desire for harmony in a decision making group overrides a realistic appraisal of alternatives

Question 6

culture

Answer 6

the enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, values, and traditions shared by a group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next