Week 9 - Social Influence

Question 1

Features of a group

Answer 1

Social Structure - Superior and Subordinate (Sherif)
Common identity , 2+ members (Tajfel)

Question 2

Explain Minimal Group Paradigm

Answer 2

48 school boys in minimal groups
In-group bias / more credits given to their own group

Question 3

Define social facilitation

Answer 3

People work faster when part of a group (Triplett)

Question 4

Define social loafing

Answer 4

Performance defines in the presence of a group
Ringlemann - pulling a rope task

Question 5

Cottrell - evaluation affecting behaviour

Answer 5

Evaluation = social facilitation
Cannot be evaluated = not concerning = social loafing

Question 6

3 stages in Robbers Cave Study

Answer 6

1= Bonding (Hiking + Swimming)
2= Competition (Tug o war)
3= Reducing Hostility (Superordinate goal, pull truck out mud)

Question 7

Evaluative Conflicting points towards Robbers Cave Study

Answer 7

Panthers vs Pythons - harmony between each other , camp councillors failed to evoke hostility

Question 8

Group norms in observation of crowds

Answer 8

• LeBon studied French Revolution crowd : lose personal responsibility
• Stanford Prison Experiment

Question 9

Examples of crowds following social norms

Answer 9

+ Bristol Riots (Reicher) followed some social norms
+ London Bombings : deindividulate , common fate (Drury)