PSYC 1F90 Chapter Notes - Chapter 70: Parenting, Reference Group, Fundamental Attribution Error
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Social psychology : the scienti c study of how individuals behave, think and feel in social situations. Group structure : the network of roles, communication pathways and power in a group. Group cohesiveness : the degree of attraction among group members or their commitment to remaining in the group. This re ects that pattern between group members; groups can function with high or low structure levels. Army has high structure level while basic friend group has low structure level. In groups : a group with which a person identi es. Out group : a group with which a person does not identify. Norm : a widely accepted (but often unspoken) standard of conduct for appropriate behaviour. They tend to stand or sit together, show signs of mutual affection and pay close attention to one another. Cohesiveness is the basis for much of the power that groups expert over us.
