PSYB10H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Facial Action Coding System, Social Loafing, Group Cohesiveness
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Group: a collection of 2 or more people who interact with each other and are interdependent their needs and goals cause them to rely on each other. Social groups: groups have social norms to guide behaviour, groups have well-defined social roles, vary in level of group cohesiveness, difference b/w social and non-social groups: interaction and interdependence. Social norms: a group"s prescriptions for the behaviours, values, and beliefs of its members. If members don"t follow norms, they will be punished/rejected. Social roles: a group"s expectations of how subgroups of the group should behave (responsibilities: potential costs: individual personality may be taken over by power of role. If roles are violated, other group members disapprove (kick out of position) Group cohesiveness: the level of closeness and similarity which a group is or is perceived to be. In the minds of group members: cohesiveness increases liking and in-group favouritism.
