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Social Psychology book cover
Social Psychology, 7/e
David G Myers, Hope College
Group Influence

Chapter Outline

What Is a Group?

Social Facilitation

  1. The Presence of Others
  2. Crowding: The Presence of Many Others
  3. Why Are We Aroused in the Presence of Others?
    1. Evaluation Apprehension
    2. Driven by Distraction
    3. Mere Presence

Social Loafing

  1. Many Hands Make Light Work
  2. Social Loafing in Everyday Living

Deindividuation

  1. Doing Together What We Would Not Do Alone
    1. Group Size
    2. Physical Anonymity
    3. Arousing and Distracting Activities
  2. Diminished Self-Awareness

Group Polarization

  1. The Case of the "Risky Shift"
  2. Do Groups Intensify Opinions?
    1. Group Polarization Experiments
    2. Naturally Occurring Group Polarization
  3. Explaining Polarization
    1. Informational Influence
    2. Normative Influence

Groupthink

  1. Symptoms of Groupthink
  2. Critiquing Groupthink
  3. Preventing Groupthink
  4. Groupthink and Group Influence

Minority Influence

  1. Consistency
  2. Self-Confidence
  3. Defections from the Majority
  4. Is Leadership Minority Influence?

Personal Postscript: Are Groups Bad for Us?









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