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Social Psychology- Chapter 8: Group Processes Flashcards

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1146114181groupA set of individuals who interact over time and have shared fate, goals, or identity.0
1146114182group cohesivenessThe extent to which forces push group members closer together, such as through feelings of intimacy, unity and commitment to group goals.1
1146114183social facilitationA process whereby the presence of others enhances performance on easy tasks but impairs performance on difficult tasks.2
1146114184mere presence theoryThe proposition that the mere presence of others is sufficient to produce social facilitation effects.3
1146114185evaluation apprehension theoryTheory that the presence of others will produce social facilitation effects only when those others are seen as potential evaluators.4
1146114186distraction-conflict theoryA theory that the presence of others produce social facilitation effects only when those others distract from the task and create attentional conflict.5
1146114187social loafingA group-produced reduction in individual output on tasks where contributions are pooled.6
1146114188collective effort modelThe theory that individuals will exert effort on a collective task to the degree that they think their individual efforts will be important, relevant, and meaningful for achieving outcomes that they value.7
1146114189deindividuationThe loss of a person's sense of individuality and the reduction of normal constraints against deviant behavior.8
1146114190social identity model of deindividuation effects (SIDE)A model of group behavior that explains deindividuation effects as the result of a shift from personal identity to social identity.9
1146114191process lossThe reduction in group performance due to obstacles created by group processes, such as problems of coordination and motivation.10
1146114192process gainThe increase in group performance so that the group outperforms the individuals who comprise the group.11
1146114193brainstormingA technique that attempts to increase the production of creative ideas by encouraging group members to speak freely without criticizing their own or others' contributions.12
1146114194group polarizationThe exaggeration of initial tendencies in the thinking of group members through group discussion.13
1146114195groupthinkA group decision-making style characterized by an excessive tendency among group members to seek concurrence.14
1146114196escalation effectThe condition in which commitments to a failing course of action are increased to justify investments already made.15
1146114197biased samplingThe tendency for groups to spend more time discussing shared information (information already known by all or most group members) than unshared information (information known by only one or a few group members).16
1146114198transactive memoryA shared system for remembering information that enables multiple people to remember information together more efficiently than they could do so alone.17
1146114199group support systemsSpecialized interactive computer programs that are used to guide group meetings, collaborative work, and decision-making processes.18
1146114200social dilemmaA situation in which a self-interested choice by everyone will create the worst outcome for everyone.19
1146114201prisoner's dilemmaA type of dilemma in which one party must make either cooperative or competitive moves in relation to another party. The dilemma is typically designed so that the competitive move appears to be in one's self-interest, but if both sides make this move, they both suffer more than if they had both cooperated.20
1146114202resource dilemmasSocial dilemmas involving how two or more people will share a limited resource.21
1146114203graduated and reciprocated initiatives in tension-reduction (GRIT)A strategy for unilateral persistent efforts to establish trust and cooperation between opposing parties.22
1146114204integrative agreementA negotiated resolution to a conflict in which all parties obtain outcomes that are superior to what they would have obtained from an equal division of the contested resources.23

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