Psychology 2070A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Group Polarization, Brainstorming, Deindividuation

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2070A/B
• Professor: Sarah Stanton

Document Summary

Group: comprises a collection of three or more people who interact with each other. Unit of two people is referred to as a dyad. More than just an aggregation of people. Forming relationships with others fulfills a basic human motivation the need to belong. Need to belong is an innate need found across cultures. When people think of who they are, they think of the groups they belong in (family, sorority, clubs, etc. ) Social baseline theory (cid:28675)(cid:28674)(cid:28678)(cid:28668)(cid:28679)(cid:28678) (cid:28679)(cid:28667)(cid:28660)(cid:28679) (cid:28679)(cid:28667)(cid:28664) (cid:28705)(cid:28663)(cid:28664)(cid:28665)(cid:28660)(cid:28680)(cid:28671)(cid:28679)(cid:28706) (cid:28672)(cid:28674)(cid:28663)(cid:28664) (cid:28674)(cid:28665) (cid:28667)(cid:28680)(cid:28672)(cid:28660)(cid:28673) (cid:28664)(cid:28683)(cid:28668)(cid:28678)(cid:28679)(cid:28664)(cid:28673)(cid:28662)(cid:28664) (cid:28667)(cid:28660)(cid:28678) involved social proximity and social interaction. Our baseline state of existence is to be social with others. Asserts that people can help us survive and we have adapted to the presence of other humans in order to survive. Similarity: people are attracted to groups of similar others and groups tend to (cid:28664)(cid:28678)(cid:28679)(cid:28660)(cid:28661)(cid:28671)(cid:28668)(cid:28678)(cid:28667) (cid:28705)(cid:28666)(cid:28677)(cid:28674)(cid:28680)(cid:28673)(cid:28663) (cid:28677)(cid:28680)(cid:28671)(cid:28664)(cid:28678)(cid:28706), (cid:28682)(cid:28667)(cid:28668)(cid:28662)(cid:28667) (cid:28672)(cid:28660)(cid:28670)(cid:28664)(cid:28678) (cid:28672)(cid:28664)(cid:28672)(cid:28661)(cid:28664)(cid:28677)(cid:28678) (cid:28672)(cid:28674)(cid:28677)(cid:28664) (cid:28678)(cid:28668)(cid:28672)(cid:28668)(cid:28671)(cid:28660)(cid:28677) (cid:28679)(cid:28674) (cid:28674)(cid:28673)(cid:28664) (cid:28660)(cid:28673)(cid:28674)(cid:28679)(cid:28667)(cid:28664)(cid:28677)