PSYC 2040 Study Guide - Distributive Justice, Group Polarization, Frontal Lobe
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Group- collection of persons who are perceived to be bonded together in a coherent unit to some degree. There is something that bonds them together. Group is considered important (perceived to be important) The members are similar in some way. Example: sororities and fraternities some basic aspects: roles: set of behaviors that individuals occupying specific positions within a group are expected to perform. Can be dependent on the rank of the individual: norms: rules within a group indicating how its members should (or should not) behave, cohesiveness: forces that cause group members to remain in the group. There is something about the group that causes you to want to stay. A group may have (or be perceived to have) a status symbol, and you get that status for being a part of the group benefits to being a part of a group. Can get perks for being within it.
