Test 3 notes

Question 1

a collection of at least two people who are doing or being something together.

Answer 1

Group influence

Question 2

What are the indicators of a group?

Answer 2

• They have something in common that brings them together as a group
• At least two people
• Roles or positions that people assume (leader, motivator, president, bodyguard, etc.)
• Different statuses (one elevated above the others, sometimes slight, sometimes by much)
• Norms (rules they have to go by, etc.)
• Interdependence (hopefully everyone pulls their own weight and cooperates)
• Cohesion (there is a sense of unity among members, they say we or us)

Question 3

Published the first journal article in social psychology

Answer 3

Triplett

Question 4

Who studied social facilitation?

Answer 4

Triplett

Question 5

Study had a person ride a bicycle for a fairly long distance at the same speed and then someone out of the blue rides in their area. What did Triplett find?What did Triplet’s research find?

Answer 5

• That the person started to ride faster and got better performance.
• social facilitation

Question 6

Study had a person ride a bike for a while and a random person comes in their area and just stands there. what happened to the bicycle rider?
What is this research studying?

Answer 6

he went slower and performance decreased.

- social debilitation

Question 7

Social facilitation says that behavior can be __________

Answer 7

improved or impaired.

Question 8

Zajonc’s theory says that the process of social facilitation is what?

Answer 8

1. Presence of another person or member of the same species –> 2. increased arousal –>
2. strengthened dominant response –>
3. correct response or performance enhanced when person has an easy task or is well trained OR
4. incorrect response or performance is impaired if it is a difficult response or they are not well trained.

Question 9

Mere presence of others in social facilitation results in a _____

Answer 9

dominant response.

Question 10

A study had two people being evaluated and one alone (control). One person was blindfolded but they knew there was another person in the room, a person was not blindfolded and the control person was alone. What was this study researching and what did it find?

Answer 10

• The study was researching evaluation apprehension.
• The person who was not blindfolded had the highest number of dominant responses. The person who was blindfolded was the same as the person who was alone.

Question 11

A study had a cockroach complete a straight maze. (trained to go straight as the dominant response theater than up or down.) One the DR is established, they put audience boxes all around the maze with other cockroaches watching. What was this study researching and what did it find?

Answer 11

• The participant went at a faster speed.

* well-practiced task in social facilitation.

Question 12

A study had a cockroach complete a straight maze. (trained to go straight as the dominant response theater than straight or down. then changed to go up to change the dominant response) One the DR is established, they put audience boxes all around the maze with other cockroaches watching. What was this study researching and what did it find?

Answer 12

The participant goes across instead of up. (because of conflict distraction)
Less practiced- task

Question 13

_______ states as the social rewards and punishments (for example, in the form of approval and disapproval) that we receive from other people are based on their evaluations of us

Answer 13

Evaluation apprehension theory