Unit 5- Social Situations

Question 1

Social Facilitation

Answer 1

Relating the tendency for the presence of others to improve a person’s performance on a task

Question 2

Co-actions Effects (SF)

Answer 2

Performance is better because there are people doing the same task

Question 3

Audience Effects (SF)

Answer 3

Refers to your performance being better because you are doing something in front of an audience

Question 4

Group Think

Answer 4

People striving for consensus within a group. They will set aside their own feelings for group unity

Question 5

Group Polarization

Answer 5

Beliefs of a group are amplified

Question 6

Social Loafing

Answer 6

Tendency of individuals to put forth less effort when they are in a group setting

Question 7

Deindividuation

Answer 7

When you’re around other’s your thoughts/actions mimic theirs

Question 8

Cultural Influences

Answer 8

Culture influences how you act in social situations

Question 9

Social Trap

Answer 9

A situation in which conflicting parties by each rationally pursuing their self interest become caught in mutually destructive behavior