PSY220H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Social Loafing, Pierre Trudeau, National Energy Program
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Psy220: chapter 12 groups and individuals (lecture 4) Groups: why we join and why we leave. Group: a collection of people who are perceived to be bonded together in a coherent unit to some degree: entiativity: the extent to which a group is perceived as being a coherent entity. Varies greatly from a collection of people at the same place and time, to intimate families: true groups ones with high entiativity show the following. The group is important to its members. Members are similar to one another in important ways. Groups: basic aspects: roles: differentiation of functions. Roles are the set of behaviours that individuals occupying specific positions within a group are expected to perform. Roles can be assigned selection of individuals; or roles can be acquired (e. g. a leader) People often internalize roles link it to aspects of their self-concept which can effect behaviour. Zimbardo et al (1973) stanford prison experiment".
