SOCPSY 1Z03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Ideal Number, Ingroups And Outgroups, Procedural Justice
7 Jan 2020
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A group consists of two or more individuals and has the following traits (delamater et al. , 3025: 440): Persons are recognized as part of the group. Diffuse status characteristics: provide assumptions about competence (delamater et al. , 2015: 475) Specific status characteristics refers to ideas about competence within a specific task domain (e. g. , math ability, athleticism) (ibid: 475) Status generalization refers to how the different statuses we hold both in and outside of a group can impact our status. Group cohesion refers to the extent to which members of a group desire to remain in that group and resist leaving it (delamater et al. , 2015: 442; balkwell, 1994 cartweight, People think fondly of one another and want to remain part of the group. People remain part of the group to complete a task or goal. Group goal: mutually agreed upon desirable outcome (ibid: 444) Goal isomorphism: refers to compatibility between goals of the group and individual members (ibid: 445)
