Social Influence – Group Influences

Question 1

Social Facilitation

Answer 1

Social facilitation refers to the phenomenon where the presence of others improves an individual’s performance on easy or well-learned tasks but may impair performance on difficult or unfamiliar tasks.

Question 2

Social Loafing

Answer 2

Social loafing occurs when individuals in a group exert less effort on a task compared to when they work alone, often due to diffusion of responsibility and decreased evaluation apprehension.

Question 3

Deindividuation

Answer 3

Deindividuation refers to the loss of individual identity and inhibition when individuals are part of a large group or are anonymous, which may lead to deviant behavior or reduced self-awareness.

Question 4

Minority Influence

Answer 4

Minority influence occurs when an individual with a minority opinion persuades the majority to adopt their viewpoint, often relying on consistent expression of their opinion and leading to private acceptance of the minority opinion.

Question 5

Group Development

Answer 5

Tuckman and Jensen’s model of group development describes five stages: forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning, which groups typically go through as they form, mature, and accomplish tasks.