Cooperation

According to Dawes et al’s (1984) study, people often don’t cooperate because:

• They want to maximise their own benefits

• They fear losing what they already have

• It is not to their evolutionary advantage to share

• They cannot think of alternative strategies

Kerr’s study showed that when we work with people who are competent but who are not doing their fair share, we tend to do less work. This is known as:

• Social loafing

• Sucker effect

• Free riding effect

• Social striving

The psychological term used for the feeling in a large group that one’s behaviour will not be noticed; a feeling of being anonymous.

• Depersonalisation

• Group polarisation

• Groupthink

• Deindividuation

Cooperation decreases in small groups

• False

• True

Increasing group size reduces the sense of anonymity within a group

• True

• False

The 'sucker effect' is also known as:

• Cooperation

• Social facilitation

• Free riding effect

• Social loafing

According to Bicchieri, conforming to social norms required a belief that a sufficient number of others will conform.

• True

• False

Cooperation

• Decreases in smaller groups

• Is not influenced by social comparison

• Is a form of pro-social behaviour

• Relies on people behaving in their own self-interest

The behaviour of others may affect our willingness to cooperate

• True

• False

You are leading a large group assessment task with 10 other students. How would you improve cooperation to finish the task on time? Select all that apply.

• Divide the group into small sub-groups

• Add an element of competition to improve individual performance

• Create a team identity

• Have a common goal for all members of the group