PSY 323 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Prentice Hall, Group Polarization, Deindividuation
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Chapter 9: although the term group is used commonly in everyday conversation, it has a very specific meaning in the context of social psychology. First, define group , and be sure you include the two essential properties of groups in your definition. Second, identify a group in the real world. It can be one that you belong to, or just know of. Explain how the group you have identified exemplifies the two central properties of a group. The term group, in reference to social psychology, refers to 2 or more people who interact with each other, and who depend on one another. A group in the real world could be a support group for veterans with ptsd such as the warrior group. People in this group are suffering intense emotional and psychological damage from duty overseas in a combat environment.