SOC 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Illusory Superiority, Groupthink, Group Polarization
Group: a number of people, more than one, who interact and identify and share common values and
characteristics such as:
Interests, ethnic linguistic backround, role, kinship
Categories: a large number of people who share certain characteristics, but are not a group
Primary: smaller social group, members share personal relationships
Secondary: large social groups, serve to perform functions, gather for specific purpose
Group Dynamics:
The way the groups are formed, negotiated, and change because of the actions of individuals
Dramaturgy:
Give and give off info and details about themselves, though the emphasis they place upon the social
grous to which they belong
Group influence: Study the power that groups have over the individual
Research shows that group membership has strong influence over the everyday behavior of individual
Conformity: partake in actions within a group that you would not normally do alone
Social facilitation: tendency to perform better under the watchful eye of others
Deindividuation: relinquishing ones sense of identity, and self awareness
Group polarization: the tendency for groups to make decisions that are more extreme then its member
initially intended
Social comparison: the drive to appear socially desirable
Diffusion or responsibility: (bystander effect) responsibility Is not explicity assigned
Less likely to occur in small groups, due to the interpersonal connections
False consensus effect: the tendency to project a way of thinking onto others
The assumption that everyone else thinks the same way
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Document Summary
Group: a number of people, more than one, who interact and identify and share common values and characteristics such as: Categories: a large number of people who share certain characteristics, but are not a group. Primary: smaller social group, members share personal relationships. Secondary: large social groups, serve to perform functions, gather for specific purpose. The way the groups are formed, negotiated, and change because of the actions of individuals. Give and give off info and details about themselves, though the emphasis they place upon the social grous to which they belong. Group influence: study the power that groups have over the individual. Research shows that group membership has strong influence over the everyday behavior of individual. Conformity: partake in actions within a group that you would not normally do alone. Social facilitation: tendency to perform better under the watchful eye of others. Deindividuation: relinquishing ones sense of identity, and self awareness.
