PS272 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Social Loafing, Groupthink, Ingroups And Outgroups
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Two or more people: who are connected. Individual conformity increase in groups: groupthink increases. The need to affiliate is fundamental (baumeister & leary) Need is manifested in a wide variety of situations. The need influences our thoughts and emotions (ex. Health problems can occur if not satisfied (ex. lonely) Assumptions: groups are real, group processes are real. Ex. group convergence sherif"s study, tricking people into saying the light moved: groups are more than the sum of their parts, groups are living systems: tuckman"s theory of group development. Forming, storming, norming, performing, adjourning (5 stages: groups are influential, groups shape society. Studies of people who agree to isolation (ex. astronauts) Isolation can be positive, but prolonged is stressful: we use isolation to punish kids. People respond negatively if they expect to be alone. Exclusion is aversive and avoided: we join groups for variety of reasons. Ex. getting a job = passive inclusion or recruiting for sport = massively included.
