social psych 3

technique that attempts to increase the production of creative ideas by encouraging group members to speak freely w/ out criticizing thier own or others contributions

people engaged in common activities but having minimal direct interaction

theory that individualswill exert effort on a collective task to the degree that they think thier individual effors will be important, relevant, and meaningful for achieving outcomes that they value

loss of a person's sense of individuality and the reduction of normal constraints against deviant behavior

theory holding that the presence of others will produce social facilitation effects only when those others distract from the task and create attentional conflict

condition in which commitments to a failing course of action are increased to justify investments already made

theory holding that the presence of others will produce social facilitation effects only when those others are seen as potential

strategy for unilateral, persistant, efforts to establish trust and cooperation btwn opposing parties

exaggeration thru group discussion of initial tendencies in the thinking of group members

group decision-making style characterized by an excessive tendency among group members to seek concurrence

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

proposition that the mere presence of others is sufficient to produce social facilitation effects

type of dilemma in which one party must make either cooperative or competitive moves in relation to another party; typically designed in such a way that competitive moves are more beneficial to either side, but if both sides make competitive moves, they are both worse off than if they both cooperated

situation in which a self-interested choice by everyone creates the worst outcome for everyone

process whereby the presence of others enhances performance on easy tasks but impairs performance on difficult tasks

group-produced reduction in individual output on easy tasks where contributions are pooled

shared system for remembering information that enables multiple people to remember information together more efficiently than they could alone