PSY 034 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Group Cohesiveness, No. 11 Group Raf, Social Loafing
27 Jul 2016
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Lecture 11 group behavior, teams and conflict. Perceive themselves as a group and interact in some way. Members of group must see themselves as unit. Group rewards reward can be only satisfaction. Corresponding effects axis of one individual affecting others, ex: someone doesn"t do his part in the project and everyone else has to cover for him. Affiliation prisoners who were able to form groups had better mentality and organize more prison escapes; Identification - dress like a hippie because you identify with that generation. Emotional support - people who have similar problems band together for support, ex: aa. Extent to which group members like an trust one another (beale, cohen, burke & Not always needed for success, but in general groups that are highly cohesive perform well, make good decisions with motivated people. Some times because the group is very cohesive the individuals feel like they have to conform to groups norms cohesiveness can lead to negative consequences.
