Social Psychology Talbot Chapter Eight Group Influence

Copyright © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Social facilitation The presence of others Crowding: The presence of many others Why are we aroused in the presence of others? Evaluation apprehension Driven by distraction Mere presence Copyright © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 2 of 10

Copyright © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Social loafing Many hands make light work Social loafing in everyday life Factors that reduce social loafing Copyright © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 3 of 10

Copyright © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Deindividuation Doing together what we would not do alone Group size Physical anonymity Arousing and distracting activities Diminished self-awareness Copyright © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 4 of 10

Copyright © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Group polarization The case of the “risky shift” Do groups intensify opinions? Group polarization experiments Naturally occurring group polarization Explaining polarization Informational influence Normative influence Copyright © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 5 of 10

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Copyright © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Groupthink Symptoms of groupthink Critiquing groupthink Preventing groupthink Groupthink and group influence Copyright © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 6 of 10

Copyright © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Minority influence Consistency Self-confidence Defections from the majority Is leadership minority influence? Copyright © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 7 of 10

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