Social Interaction: Group Dynamics
Tuesday, August 29th, 2006The term group dynamics implies that individual behaviours may differ depending on individuals’ current or prospective connections to a sociological group. Group dynamics is the field of study within the social sciences that focuses on the nature of groups. Urges to belong or to identify may make for distinctly different attitudes (recognized or unrecognized), and […]
Social Facilitation
Sunday, August 27th, 2006Social facilitation is a term within social psychology, traditionally seen to be the tendency for people to be aroused into better performance of simple tasks (or tasks at which we are expert) when under the eye of others rather than while they are alone. Complex tasks (or tasks at which we are not skilled) are […]
Social Interaction: Group Processes
Friday, August 25th, 2006A group consists of three or more people who interact with and influence each other. Group influences can be categorized as either deriving from the presence of others or group dynamics.
The Presence Of Others By definition, groups put people in each other’s presense. However, one can be in the presence of others without […]
Conformity
Thursday, August 10th, 2006One of the most interesting forms of social influence is conformity. Conformity occurs when an individual changes his or her behaviour as a result of real or imagined group pressure. It is interesting because the pressure to conform can be imaginary or unspoken. An example would be arriving at a party […]
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