01:830:321 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Deindividuation, Groupthink, Group Polarization

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: 01:830:321
• Professor: Shana Cole

Document Summary

Study online at quizlet. com/_26alda: charting the course of groupthink. 1st : antecedent: high cohesiveness, group structure, stressful situation. 2nd: symptoms: overestimation of the group, close-mindedness, increased pressures toward uniformity, defective decision making. 3rd: high probability of a bad decision: group. Different interactions with each other over a period of time. Share common fate, identity, or goal (e. g. political groups) Joint membership in social category vary in entitativity (groupiness: group polarization. In a group setting, the decisions and opinions of people in the group become more extreme than individuals" privately held beliefs: collective. Assembly of people engaging in a common activity but having little direct interaction with each other ex. college tour. Low in entitativity(groupiness: deindividuation loss of a person"s individuality and reduction of the normal constraints against deviant behavior. Conflict between focusing on task and inspecting the distracting stimulus creates arousal. Maintains there is nothing uniquely social about social