AP Psychology: Unit 3 Part 3

social facilitation

improved performance on simple or well-learned tasks in the presence of others

social impairment

difficulties or limitations in an individual's ability to interact, communicate, and engage with others in social situations

social loafing

the tendency for people in a group to exert less effort when pooling their efforts towards attaining a common goal than when individually accountable

deindividuation

the loss of self-awareness and self-restraint occurring in group situations that foster arousal and anonymity

group polarization

the tendency for groups to make decisions that are more extreme than the initial inclinations of their members

groupthink

the mode of thinking that occurs when the desire for harmony in a decision-making group overrides a realistic appraisal of alternatives