PSYC 241 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Ingroups And Outgroups, Social Dilemma, Secret Ballot
27 Sep 2013
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A group consists of 2 or more people in the same place at the same time who interact and interdependent because their needs and goals cause them to influence each other. Social norms are a powerful determinant of our behaviour. All societies have norms about which behaviors are acceptable, some of which all members are expected to obey and some of which vary from group to group. These are shared expectations in a group about how particular people who occupy certain positions are supposed to behave. There are costs to social roles when people get so far into a role that their personal identities are lost. The prison guards were under tremendous stress, had received little supervision and were asked to set their own rules for interrogation. Changing women"s roles can cause conflict when many women are expected to do it all maintain a career while raising the children and cleaning the house.
