PSYC 1F90 Final: Module 70 revision iii

• School: Brock University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1F90
• Professor: Tanya Martini

Document Summary

It is not in an informal friendship because it is unstructured: group cohesiveness: refers to the degree of attraction among group members or the strength of their desire to remain in the group. Cohesiveness is strong for in- groups and we attribute positive characteristics to in- group and negative qualities to our out-groups. In-groups deals with groups with which a person identifies. Likely, your in-group is defined by a combination of prominent social dimension such as nationality, ethnicity, age, education, religion, income, political values, gender, sexual orientation, and so forth. Outgroup deals a group with which a person does not identify. Social comparison; which deals mainly with making judgments about ourselves through comparison with others. Such as comparing notes after taking an exam, comparing your skills to that of a friend, etc. Attribution: the process of making inferences about the causes of one"s own behaviour and that of others.