AP Psych Module 76 Group Behavior
Groupthink
(Layman's Terms) The tendency to censor their own beliefs to preserve the harmony of the group. The mode of thinking that occurs when the desire for harmony in a decision-making group overrides a realistic appraisal of alternative.
Group Polarization
(Layman's Terms) When like-minded people share ideas, the outcome is likely to be more extreme than individual positions. The enhancement of a group's prevailing inclinations through discussion within a group. Internet communication magnifies this effect, for better and for worse.
Social Facilitation
Improved performance on simple or well-learned tasks in the presence of others. In social facilitation, the presence of others arouses us, improving our performance of easy tasks, but decreasing it on difficult ones.
Norm
An understood rule for accepted and expected behavior. Norms prescribe "proper" behavior.
What do we call the enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, values, and traditions shared by a group of people and transmitted from one generation to another?
Culture
Which of the following terms or phrases best describes the behavior of rowdy fans yelling obscenities at a football or soccer referee after a controversial penalty has been called?
Deindividuation
Which of the following is most likely to occur when the desire for harmony in a decision-making group overrides a realistic appraisal of alternatives?
Groupthink
What do we call the improved performance on well-learned tasks in the presence of others?
Social Facilitation
Culture
The enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, values, and traditions shared by a group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next.
Deindividuation
The loss of sense of sled-awareness and self-restraint in group situations that foster arousal and anonymity. When the presence of others both arouses us and makes us feel anonymous.
Power of Individual and Situation
The power of the individual and the power of the situation interact. A small minority that consistently expresses its views may sway the majority.
Social Loafing
The tendency for people in a group to exert less effort when pooling their efforts toward attaining a common goal than when individually accountable. In social loafing, participating in group projects makes us less responsible.
