Question | Answer |
GROUP | two or more people who, for longer than a few moments, interact with and influence one another and perceive one another ad "us" |
CO-ACTORS | a group of people working simultaneously and individually on a non-competitive task |
SOCIAL FACILITATION | (1) original meaning: the tendency of people to perform simple or well-learned tasks better when others are present; (2) current meaning: the strengthening of dominant (prevalent, likely) responses owing to the presence of others |
EVALUATION APPREHENSION | concern for how others are evaluating us |
SOCIAL LOAFING | the tendency for people to exert less effort when they pool their efforts toward a common goal than when they are individually accountable |
FREE RIDERS | people who benefit from the group but give little in return |
DEINDIVIDUATION | loss of self-awareness and appreciation; occurs in group situations that foster anonymity and draw attention away from the individual |
GROUP POLARIZATION | group-produced enhancement of members' pre-existing tendencies; a strengthening of the members' average tendency, not a split within the group |
PLURALISTIC IGNORANCE | a false impression of how other people are thinking, feeling, or responding |
GROUPTHINK | "the mode of thinking that persons engage in when concurrence-seeking becomes so dominant in a cohesive in-group that it tends to override realistic appraisal of alternative courses of action"--Irving Janis |
LEADERSHIP | a process by which certain group members motivate and guide there group |
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