SOCPSY 1Z03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Group Cohesiveness, Ideal Number, Conflict Theories
8 Sep 2017
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A group consists of two or more individuals and has the following traits (delamater et al. , 3025: 440): Groups are not all made equally, however (rohall et al. , 2014:46-47): Involves social comparison (rohall et al. , 2014:47: difficult to change, or inequality, to understand this basis, there is something we can"t avoid or change, within groups: how power is unequally distributed, legitimacy". Is this power/position, etc. , established and viewed as it should: maybe it happened over time if someone doesn"t agree with power distribution then may override it, everything is subjected to change. Diffuse status characteristics: provide assumptions about competence (delamater et al. , 2015: 475: competency in a specific domain: Specific status characteristics refers to ideas about competence within a specific task domain (e. g. , math ability, athleticism) (ibid:475) 2: being an athlete: (traits we assume goes with this stats or role): Social cohesion (dion, 2000: people think fondly of one another and want to remain part of the group.
