PSYC 215 Lecture Notes - Social Loafing, Intelligence Quotient, Group Cohesiveness
22 Apr 2013
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A set of individuals who have at least one of the following characteristics: direct interactions with each other over a period of time. Ex: psyc 215 is not a group we don t have direct interactions: joint membership in a social category based on sex, race, or other attributes, a shared, common fate, indentity or set of goals. Collection of people who don t share characteristics of a group. An assembly of people engaging in a common activity but haivng little direct interaction with each other: not a real group. Some social psychological processes are unique to real groups: however, some things will affect both. Can have situations where as number of people in group increases, sometimes the depth of analysis or of cognitive processing that occurs seems to decrease. Symptoms of gt: emphasis on agreeableness in the group. Leads individuals to fail to consider important aspects.
