PSCH 312 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Social Proof, Normative Social Influence, In-Group Favoritism
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*group- more than 2 people who interact and are interdependent in the sense that their needs and goals cause them to influence each other. Family, members of a bball team, a construction crew building a highway. Missing interaction criterion: students, all citizens of usa, mob of protestors. Missing interdependent: residents of the same dorm, people waiting in line. *real groups are distinguished from collectives by: interdependence, group identity, group structure. Group cohesiveness: the more cohesive, the more likely group members will stay. Social norms: violating norms results in pressure to conform. Quickly adopted roles of the groups to which they were assigned. Demonstrated lots of hostility towards people in the other group. **groups of kids were brought to robber"s cave state park. Lived in 1 of 2 camps unbeknownst to other camp for 1 week. Upon discovering other camp, kids in each camp exhibited very strong intergroup bias.
