logging in or signing up PS270Lect11 Bernadette Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINTLite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 551 Category: Entertainment License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: November 05, 2007 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Group Influence: Group Influence Chapter 8Outline of Today’s Lecture: Outline of Today’s Lecture What is a Group? Social Facilitation Social Loafing Deindividuation Group Polarization Groupthink Minority Influence What is a Group?: What is a Group? Examples: 5 people waiting at the same corner for a bus People attending a worship service N’ Sync fan club The students in a seminar class A man, his brother and his sisterSocial Facilitation: Social Facilitation People perform simple, well-learned tasks better in the presence of others But, for more difficult tasks, the presence of others can inhibit performanceCrowding: The Presence of Many Others: Crowding: The Presence of Many Others In the presence of others, we perspire more, breathe faster, tense our muscles more and have higher blood pressure than when we are alone. Crowding: The Presence of Many Others: Crowding: The Presence of Many Others Why are we Aroused in the Presence of Others? Evaluation Apprehension Distraction Mere Presence Social Loafing: Social Loafing The tendency for people to exert less effort when they pool their efforts toward a common goal than when they are individually accountableSocial Loafing in Everyday Life: Social Loafing in Everyday Life People do not engage in social loafing when the task is challenging, appealing or involving, or when their group members are friendsDeindividuation: Deindividuation Loss of self-awareness and evaluation apprehension; occurs in group situations that foster anonymity and draw attention away from the individualFactors that Affect Deindividuation: Factors that Affect Deindividuation Group Size: Bigger crowds lead to more anonymity Factors that Affect Deindividuation: Factors that Affect Deindividuation Physical Anonymity Study: Women who wore white coats and hoods delivered more electric shock to “victims” than women who were visible and wore big name tagsFactors that Affect Deindividuation: Factors that Affect Deindividuation Physical Anonymity Halloween Candy Study: Children were observed on Halloween night. They were told to take one candy and the experimenter left the room.Halloween Candy Study: Halloween Candy StudyFactors that Affect Deindividuation: Factors that Affect Deindividuation Does physical anonymity always lead to deindivuation? Nurses uniform studyFactors that Affect Deindividuation: Factors that Affect Deindividuation Diminished Self-Awareness Unself-conscious, deindividuated people are less restrained, less self-regulated, more likely to act without thinking about their own values and more responsive to the situation than self-conscious people Group Polarization: Group Polarization The case of the “Risky Shift” Discussion typically strengthens the average inclination of group membersGroup Polarization: Group Polarization Group Polarization in Schools Over time, initial differences among groups of college students become accentuated E.g., Students at college X are initially more intellectual than students at college Y . By the end of university, the gap between the 2 schools is even greater.Group Polarization: Group Polarization Group Polarization in Communities Gangs may start and become more violent because of more like-minded teenagers joining the groupGroup Polarization: Group Polarization Informational Influence Group discussion leads to a pooling of ideas, most of which favour the dominant viewpointGroup Polarization: Group Polarization Normative Influence People want others to like them and may express stronger opinions after discovering others share their views Pluralistic ignorance: A false impression of how other people are thinking, feeling or respondingGroupthink: Groupthink The tendency of decision-making groups to suppress dissent in the interests of group harmony VideoMinority Influence: Minority Influence Video: 12 Angry MenSmall Groups Exercise: Small Groups Exercise Discuss the film clip you just watched. How did minority influence work? Why do you think the main character was able to persuade the other 11 jurors? You do not have the permission to view this presentation. In order to view it, please contact the author of the presentation.
PS270Lect11 Bernadette Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINTLite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 551 Category: Entertainment License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: November 05, 2007 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Group Influence: Group Influence Chapter 8Outline of Today’s Lecture: Outline of Today’s Lecture What is a Group? Social Facilitation Social Loafing Deindividuation Group Polarization Groupthink Minority Influence What is a Group?: What is a Group? Examples: 5 people waiting at the same corner for a bus People attending a worship service N’ Sync fan club The students in a seminar class A man, his brother and his sisterSocial Facilitation: Social Facilitation People perform simple, well-learned tasks better in the presence of others But, for more difficult tasks, the presence of others can inhibit performanceCrowding: The Presence of Many Others: Crowding: The Presence of Many Others In the presence of others, we perspire more, breathe faster, tense our muscles more and have higher blood pressure than when we are alone. Crowding: The Presence of Many Others: Crowding: The Presence of Many Others Why are we Aroused in the Presence of Others? Evaluation Apprehension Distraction Mere Presence Social Loafing: Social Loafing The tendency for people to exert less effort when they pool their efforts toward a common goal than when they are individually accountableSocial Loafing in Everyday Life: Social Loafing in Everyday Life People do not engage in social loafing when the task is challenging, appealing or involving, or when their group members are friendsDeindividuation: Deindividuation Loss of self-awareness and evaluation apprehension; occurs in group situations that foster anonymity and draw attention away from the individualFactors that Affect Deindividuation: Factors that Affect Deindividuation Group Size: Bigger crowds lead to more anonymity Factors that Affect Deindividuation: Factors that Affect Deindividuation Physical Anonymity Study: Women who wore white coats and hoods delivered more electric shock to “victims” than women who were visible and wore big name tagsFactors that Affect Deindividuation: Factors that Affect Deindividuation Physical Anonymity Halloween Candy Study: Children were observed on Halloween night. They were told to take one candy and the experimenter left the room.Halloween Candy Study: Halloween Candy StudyFactors that Affect Deindividuation: Factors that Affect Deindividuation Does physical anonymity always lead to deindivuation? Nurses uniform studyFactors that Affect Deindividuation: Factors that Affect Deindividuation Diminished Self-Awareness Unself-conscious, deindividuated people are less restrained, less self-regulated, more likely to act without thinking about their own values and more responsive to the situation than self-conscious people Group Polarization: Group Polarization The case of the “Risky Shift” Discussion typically strengthens the average inclination of group membersGroup Polarization: Group Polarization Group Polarization in Schools Over time, initial differences among groups of college students become accentuated E.g., Students at college X are initially more intellectual than students at college Y . By the end of university, the gap between the 2 schools is even greater.Group Polarization: Group Polarization Group Polarization in Communities Gangs may start and become more violent because of more like-minded teenagers joining the groupGroup Polarization: Group Polarization Informational Influence Group discussion leads to a pooling of ideas, most of which favour the dominant viewpointGroup Polarization: Group Polarization Normative Influence People want others to like them and may express stronger opinions after discovering others share their views Pluralistic ignorance: A false impression of how other people are thinking, feeling or respondingGroupthink: Groupthink The tendency of decision-making groups to suppress dissent in the interests of group harmony VideoMinority Influence: Minority Influence Video: 12 Angry MenSmall Groups Exercise: Small Groups Exercise Discuss the film clip you just watched. How did minority influence work? Why do you think the main character was able to persuade the other 11 jurors?