Psych 3 - Social Psychology

Question 1

What are the 3 ways in which dissonance is resolved?

Answer 1

1. Change behaviour
2. Acquire new information
3. Reduce importance of the cognitions/beliefs

Question 2

What is social loafing

Answer 2

Tendency for people to expend less individual effort when working in a group than when working alone

Question 3

4 factors that increase the likelihood of social loafing to occur

Answer 3

1. Person believes individual performance won’t be monitored
2. Goal/task of group has less meaning/value to person
3. Person has generally low motivation/strive for success
4. Person expects that other members of the group will display high effort

Question 4

Social loafing depends on gender and culture. How so

Answer 4

Gender = all male groups, social loafing is more common

Culture - social loafing more common in individualistic cultures (i.e. western cultures)

Question 5

4 factors which cause social loafing to reduce/disappear

Answer 5

1. Individual performance monitored
2. Members highly value task/goal
3. Smaller groups
4. Members of similar competence

Question 6

Detecting health problems - use negative talk (if you don’t Get a breast exam, you are more likely to die from cancer)

Promoting prevention behaviours - use positive talk (using sunscreen = healthier skin and prolong life)

Answer 6

YY