SOP- Chapter 8

Two or more people who, for longer than a few moments, interact with and influence one another.

When aroused by presence of others Strengthens dominant responses whether correct or incorrect

The Presence of Many Others

Tendency for people to exert less effort when they pool their efforts toward a common goal than when they are individually
accountable

Loss of self-awareness and evaluation apprehension; occurs in group situations that foster responsiveness to group norms, good or bad

Being anonymous makes one less self-conscious, more group-conscious, and more responsive to cues present in the situation, whether negative or positive

Group-produced enhancement of members’ preexisting tendencies; a strengthening of the members’ average tendency, not a split within the group

group discussion leads to pooling of ideas most of which favor dominant view point including thoughts other ppl had never considered

most persuaded by those in our own reference group

Evaluating one’s opinions and abilities by comparing oneself with others

A false impression of what most other people are thinking or feeling, or how they are responding

Mode of thinking that persons engage in when concurrence-seeking becomes so dominant in a cohesive in-group that it tends to override realistic appraisal of alternative courses of action

excessive optimism and blindness to danger

discount challenges by rationalizing instead of rethinking

those that dissent are ridiculed

to avoid discomfort sensor their disagreements

because no one speaks up to the others it look like a unanimous decisions.

protect from and inhibit entrance of disagreeable info

______ is opposite of deindividuation.