Social Behavior
Laws and principles filed under Mind & Behavior / Social Behavior.
Social Behavior
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Social-network capacity hypothesis
Dunbar's Number
Active relationships, layered social networks, time budgets, cognitive constraints, cultural variation, and contested evidence.
Group-performance loss effect
Ringelmann Effect
As a group becomes larger, average individual output on a collective task can decline because of coordination losses, reduced identifiability, and motivational changes.
Social-psychological effect
Bystander Effect
The presence of other observers can reduce an individual's likelihood or speed of helping when responsibility and interpretation are ambiguous.
Expectation-mediated performance effect
Pygmalion Effect
Expectations held by teachers, leaders, or evaluators can alter opportunities and feedback, contributing to later performance differences.