04:192:200 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Social Support, Homeless Shelter, Interpersonal Communication

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Communication
• Course: 04:192:200
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Groups and everyday life: we all spend muich time in groups. Groups and communication: groups created and maintained through communication, communication makes groups possible, essential to every aspect of group functioning, social constructionist/constitutive view of groups. Consequences of size of groups: benefits. More people to participate in decision making. More resources for problem solving: costs. Effort needed to develop consensus on goals. Effort needed to counteract pressures toward conformity. Izzie and george elevator scene 3x23 grey"s anatomy . Blowup on the view about sarah palin . The view 07/17/08 the n word elizabeth trips over. Words : people join groups to pursue individual needs in a social context, groups help individuals meet a # of goals: Economic gain: factors involved in selecting which groups to join: Attractiveness of group members physical, social, and task attractiveness. Attractiveness of being member of group personal, social, symbolic,