PSYB10H3 : Chapter 8 Study Questions
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Chapter 8 group processes: influence in social groups. _______ exists when two or more people are interdependent, when they need to rely on one another to achieve their needs or goals: a group, a collective, a minimal group, social roles, a social loafer. In groups, interdependence is reflected in: working toward a common goal, communicating with one another, influencing and being influenced, group conflict, finding alternatives to conflict. Josh is the president of his college residence hall, and he is therefore expected to act in a respectable, dignified manner when he attends campus functions. What social psychological phenomenon does this illustrate: a loss of personal identity, expectation consistency pressure, conformity, a social role, a group representativeness assumption. Shared group expectations about how particular group members are expected to behave are called: expectancy effects, collective standards, social roles, norms, group effects.
