Group Influences B2

Patricia is struggling to make friends in college and decides to join a variety of social clubs. One of the clubs she joins is a political society that consist of beliefs that she is not very adamant on. As Patty continues to attend these meetings she finds herself to be even more passionate on the invalidity of these beliefs. What does this represent?

• social facilitation

• group polarization

• deinvidualization

• social loafing

After participating in a class debate, participants who were on the fence for certain ideas find themselves to have a stronger belief that these ideas are correct. What group influence does this represent?

• social norms

• groupthink

• social loafing

• group polarization

What group influence is exhibited when individuals develop a more extreme version of their beliefs after a discussion with peers?

• group polarization

• social loafing

• social facilitation

• deindividualization

What is deindividuation?

• loss of self awareness and self restraint occurring in group situations that foster arousal and anonymity

• tendency for people in a group to exert less effort when pooling their efforts toward attaining a common goal then when individually accountable

• improved performance on simple or well learned tasks in the presence of others

• the enhancementof a group's prevailing inclinations through discussion within the group

Which are consequences of deindividuation?

• group members slack off

• can foster violence

• fosters a mob mentality

• can create healthy friendships

True or False statement: People can deindividize by hiding their faces/identities.

• True

• False

What are social norms?

• Existing state of affairs regarding the social, political, and religious issues

• A set of unwritten rules of beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors that are considered acceptable in a particular social group or culture

• Nonconformity to a set of expectations in society

• System of rules that a country follows regulating actions of members, enforced by penalties

What is an example of a weakness of social norms?

• Establishes behaviors for all ages

• Allows for government intervention

• Social approval and fitting into society

• Discrimination towards individuals and societal label of “abnormal”

What is not a deviation that social norms could depend on?

• Culture

• Religious affiliation

• Height

• Gender

Bob works less when he is in a group with which whom he believes are smarter people, this is an example of?

• Social facilitation

• Social loafing

• Deindividualism

• Social norms