[PSYC 3430] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (103 pages long!)

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3430
• Professor: Peter Papadogiannis

Document Summary

The influential actions, processes and changes that occur within groups and between groups, over time. In most cases the connection is a socially meaningful one. A group is two or more individuals who are connected by and within social relationships. On average, most groups tend to be relatively small in size, ranging from two to seven members. Smaller groups of two or three members possess many unique characteristics simply because it includes so few members. Only group that dissolves when one member leaves. Only group that can never be broken down into subgroups. Sometimes linked by a unique and powerful type of relationship love: makes their dynamics more intense than those found in other groups. Members are rarely connected directly to all other members. One or more leaders may be needed to organize and guide the group. The members of any given group are networked together like a series of interconnected computers.