social loafing Flashcards
1
Q
what is social loafing
A
a reduction on motivation and effort when individuals work in a group, compared to when they work individually
2
Q
how do you decrease soacial loafing
A
- group task is interesting
- group members are highly motivated
- individual performance is monitered
3
Q
what is the impact fo group size
A
as groups get larger the influences become more releveant simply because there are more people in a group
4
Q
what is deindivuation
A
the loss of socail identity and inhibition a perosn may experience when in a group, which results in them behvaing with less care and potential consequences
5
Q
what are the two causes of deindiduation
A
anaonymity- whne people think they are not easily identified they act mc worse
shift of attention- the persons attention is focsed in external events not internal thoughts or evaluations.
