PSYCH 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Deindividuation, Psych
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A group comprises a collection of three or more people who interact with each other. A group of two people is referred to as a dyad. Social baseline theory (coand and sbarra, 2014) Posits that the default" mode of human existence has involved proximity and social interaction. Asserts that people can help us survive and we have adapted to the presence of other humans in order to survive. Forming relationships wit others ful lls the basic human motivation, the need to belong. Similarity: people are attracted to groups of similar others and groups tend to establish ground rules , making members more similar to one another. Social norms: implicit or explicit rules that specify how group members should behave. Social roles: shared expectations by group vis-a-vis how particular people in the group are supposed to behave (e. g. , gender roles) Group cohesiveness: qualities of group that bin them together and promote liking (e. g. commitment, intimacy, etc. )
