Social development

Social facilitation

we work better in groups

What happens if an action is easy

performance enhancement

ex: cyclist being faster

What happens if an action is hard

performance impairment

ex: singing in a crowd

social loafing

when work is pooled (everyone doing the same amount of work)

leads us to be worse

What continent is the biggest on Individualism

North America

conformity

changing our perspectives to be similar to others

Normative influence

changing behavior to avoid negative consequences

Informational influence

A person truly believing others are correct

secure attachment

can play in new environment with caregiver, sad when caregiver leaves

avoidant attachment

least distressed when caregiver is gone, avoids contact with caregiver

resistant attachment

can’t function without caregiver, mad at caregiver if they leave

German children are more likley to

be avoidant to caregivers

janese children are more likley to be

secure and resistant to caregivers

theory of mind

ability to think about and predict others’ goals

authoritarian parenting

focus on bad outcomes

Ex: you did this because you suck!

Authoratative parenting

focusing on context-specific interactions

confomity

action is influenced by peers

obedience

action is influence by higher power