GROUP COHESIVENESS

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groups that have strong bond, unity, and solidarity

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GROUP COHESION

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work well together and high degrees of interpersonal trust

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GROUP COHESION

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committed to working together and achieving group goals

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GROUP COHESION

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people defined themselves based on their group membership (e.g., nationality, reigion, occupation)

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SOCIAL IDENTITY THEORY

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delevelop an “in-group” bias

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SOCIAL IDENTITY THEORY

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similar attitudes or interests tend to like each other more

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INTERPERSONAL ATTRACTION MODEL

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influences a variety of individual outcomes

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INTERPERSONAL ATTRACTION MODEL

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cohesion groups communicate more effectively, share common goals and work together cooperatively

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INTERPERSONAL ATTRACTION MODEL

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group cohesion can be caused by various factors such as interpersonal attraction

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FACTORS INFLUENCING GROUP COHESION

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tend to be more cohesive

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SHARED GOALS

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united by the common purpose

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SHARED GOALS

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better opportunities to interact intimately, leading to closer ties

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GROUP SIZE

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smaller groups tend to be more cohesive than the longer established groups

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GROUP STABILITY

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develop stronger bond leading to enduring relationships

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GROUP STABILITY

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distinct characteristics unique only to your group could enhance cohesiveness

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GROUP IDENTITY

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effective communication channels promoting trust can improve your group dynamics

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GROUP DYNAMICS/INTERACTIONS

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encourage positive interactions amomng members

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GROUP DYNAMICS/INTERACTIONS

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opposition from rival teams or unexpected interruptions, can bring together members who may have had minor disputes previously

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EXTERNAL PRESSURE/CHALLENGES

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The stronger the relationships, the more likely they are to have a unified team spirit that can help drive them toward their common goal

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TIME SPENT TOGETHER

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6 benefits of group cohesion

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1. Improved Communication
2. Increased Motivation
3. Greater Productivity
4. Lower Stress Levels
5. Fewer Conflicts
6. Increased Job Satisfaction

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The integrity, solidarity, and unity of the group.

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GROUP COHESION

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an indication of the health of the group and is related to a variety of other group processes.

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COHESIVENESS

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the principle of equifinality suggests, can result from one or more sources,

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GROUP COHESION

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Implicit, self-generating, and stable standards for group behavior

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NORMS

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Group of norms

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Precriptive norms Prosceiptive norms Descriptive norms Injunctive norms

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consensual standard that identifies preferable, positively sanctioned behaviors

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PRESCRIPTIVE NORMS

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consensual standard that identifies prohibited, negatively sanctioned behaviors

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PROSCRIPTIVE NORMS

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consensual standard that describes how people typically act, feel, and think in a given situation.

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DESCRIPTIVE NORMS

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evaluative consensual standard that describes how people should act, feel, and think in a given situation rather than how people do act, feel, and think in that situation.

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INJUNCTIVE NORMS

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A pattern of change in the relationship between an individual and a group that begins

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GROUP SOCIALIZATION

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when an individual first considers joining the group and ends when he or she leaves it

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GROUP SOCIALIZATION

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Interpersonal processes that change the thoughts, feelings, or behaviors of another person.

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SOCIAL INFLUENCES

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results from the majority’s impact on the minority (majority influence) and the minority’s impact on the majority (minority influence)

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SOCIAL INFLUENCES

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indicated by straight lines, as it tends to be direct.

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MAJORITY INFLUENCES

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more indirect, and so is indicated by the curved dotted lines of influence from the lone minority back to the majority group members.

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MINORITY INFLUENCE

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Social pressure exerted by the larger portion of a group

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MAJORITY INFLUENCE

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lone individual or smaller faction

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MINORITY INFLUENCE

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An experimental procedure developed by Solomon

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ASCH SITUATION

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Participants believed they were making perceptual judgments as part of a group, but the other members were trained to make deliberate errors on certain trials.

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ASCH SITUATION

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privately disagree with the group but they publicly express an opinion that matches the opinion expressed by the majority of the group.

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Compliance (acquiescence)

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change their position on the issue because they think the group is correct; they personally accept the group’s position as their own.

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Conversion (private acceptance)

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agree with the group from the outset, so they are not responding to the group’s influence when they express their position publicly.

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Congruence (uniformity)

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They do not need to shift their opinion in the direction advocated by the group because it was already their position.

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Congruence (uniformity)

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disagree by publicly expressing ideas, beliefs, and judgments that are consistent with their personal standards.

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Independence (dissent)

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express ideas or take actions that are the opposite of whatever the group favors.

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Anticonformity (counterconformity)

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take a position that opposes that endorsed by the majority of the members publically, even though privately they agree with the majority.

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Strategic anticonformity (devil’s advocate)

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An experimental procedure developed by Richard Crutchfield to study conformity.

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Crutchfield Situation

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An analysis of social influence, which proposes that the impact of any source of influence depends upon the strength, the immediacy, and the number of people

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SOCIAL IMPACT THEORY

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suggests that consistent minorities will be influential, but that influence in some cases is indirect and delayed.

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CONVERSION THEORY

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conceptual analysis of the cognitive and interpersonal processes that mediate the direct and indirect impact of a consistent minority on the majority

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CONVERSION THEORY