Groups
A collection of people who have shared goals, a degree of interdependence, and some amount of communication.
What is a group
Usually unwritten rules that govern the behavior and attitudes of group members.
What are norms
These views are important because they can actually reduce the pressure that others feel to conform
What are minority views
Releasing anger or aggression by letting out powerful negative emotions
What is catharsis
an increase in performance in front of a crowd
Interact face-to-face daily
What is primary group
Type of leader that allows group members to make decisions through consensus
What is democratic leader
Preformed an experiment to find out how and why people respond to authority figures
Who is Stanley Milgram
Repeated unwanted aggressive behavior involving an imbalance of power
What is bullying
A decrease in performance in front of a crowd
What is social inhibition
Work colleagues would be an example of what type of group?
What is secondary group
The set of principles, attitudes, and defined objectives for which a group stands
What is ideology
Experiment that quizzed participants on the length of lines
What is Asch Conformity Experiment
What is Robbers Cave Experiment
exercising a compelling charm that inspires devotion in others
What is charismatic
Crucial to the function of a group because it increases commitment and decreases feelings of isolation
What is communication
Leadership style a cult leader would use
What is Authoritarian
Experiment that sought to explain how strongly people will conform to groups and roles they are assigned
What is Stanford Prison Experiment
Theories that attempt to explain aggression
What are biological, cognitive, personality, and environmental
When an individual seems to lose himself or herself in the group's identity
What is deindividuation
Theory that group discussion reinforces the majority's point of view and shifts group members' opinions to a more extreme position
What is groupthink
What is low self-esteem
What is social shyness
What is lack of familiarity with a task
What is the desire to be liked by other members of the group
What is group size
What are cultural influences
What is verbal; teasing or taunting
What is social; spreading rumors or embarrassing another in public
What is physical; hitting, tripping, or pushing
Helping others, often at a cost or risk, for reasons other than rewards
What is altruism