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Group Interactions
Bell Activity 5/22/2013
Learning Targets: At the
end of class, you will be
able to Define and explain the
different types of
groups
 Describe the interactive
patterns within groups
1.) What “groups” exist at
PCHS?
2.) Finish chapter 16
vocabulary (Due
Tomorrow)
3.) Start chapter 19
vocabulary
What Are Groups?
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Group: A collection of
people who have shared
goals, a degree of
interdependence, and some
amount of communication.
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Groups must have the
following: Interaction,
Interdependence,
communication, and shared
goals
What Are Groups?
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Interaction is the key factor in
forming a group.
A crowd waiting at a stop light is
not a “group”
In order to be classified as a
group the members must be
interdependent on one another.
This means the actions by one
member impact the other
members.
Furthermore, A person may be
the group leader, the decision
maker, the one who is the
listener, or so on. If a person
does not fulfill his/her role the
group is affected
How does this apply to Uniwatch?
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The group is connected by the
Internet. There is a message board
for members to communicate with
the rest of the group.
The posts and messages left by
members leads to discussions and
debates about different uniform
designs and trends.
The person who runs the web site is
responsible for providing new
content-especially since he has the
“inside connections.”
Members are responsible for
passing along any uniform
information they find.
What Are Groups?
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Communication is an
important part of
groups.
Communication may be
directed outward (tshirts or uniforms).
Communication can be
internal, groups may
discuss goals,
activities, common
experiences.
How does this apply to UniWatch?
•Once again, communication
takes place mostly over the
Internet.
•You can purchase a t-shirt or
design your own membership
card
What Are Groups?
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Usually created Share Common Goals: Usually
created to perform tasks that one person can’t
achieve on their own.
How does this Apply to
Uniwatch?
•Uniwatch members/participants
have a common goal of sharing
different styles of uniforms or
uniform oddities or just
discussing different “fads” in
uniforms.
What is the Purpose of
Groups?
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Task Functions:
Activities directed
toward getting a job
completed.
Social Functions:
responses directed
toward satisfying the
emotional needs of
members.
How does this apply to
UniWatch?
More of a social function as
members share ideas and
opinions about uniforms.
There are also some
functions they “get behind”
such as fighting ads on unis.
What Holds a Groups
Together?
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Norms: Unwritten rules that govern the
behavior and attitudes of group members.
Example: There are language or behaviors
you might exhibit with your friends but not
your parents, waiting your turn in a line etc.
Rules at home, at work, with friends, etc.
Norms for Uniwatch: There are certain rules that regulate the
message board to keep people from being cruel to other members.
There are also common terms used by members as well as certain
styles that are pretty popular among most members.
What Holds Groups Together?
Common Ideology: ideas,
attitudes and goals.
 Commitment: If a person
is willing to pay money,
endure hardship or
undergo humiliation they
are more likely to be very
loyal to the group.
*Participation strengthens
group commitment.
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What about Uniwatch?
Several common goals as
stated before. This is kind of a
niche area of sports that has
not had been very popular in
the past. This has lead to a
very intense following of those
who have an interest in sports
uniforms.
Group Case Study
Describe each of the following for one of the
groups:
-Identify norms for the group
-The group’s ideology
-Methods of communication
-What is the level of commitment to the group?
Bell Activity 5/28/2013
Learning Targets: At the
end of class, you will be
able to-Discuss Leadership traits
-Discus roles in a group
-Explain conformity
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*Chapter 19 Vocabulary
Due Thursday 5/30
*Last Day to Make-up
Tests: Friday 5/31
What are the four
things that a group
MUST have?
What are social
norms?
Are you a conformist?
Work on chapter 19
vocab (section 1 and
2)
Group Assignment
 Build
the tallest structure
that can hold a golf ball
using the materials
provided to you.
 Good Luck!
Group Assignment: Building
the Tallest Structure
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Explain the importance of the following terms
interdependence, shared goals, shared
ideology, norms and commitment to your
group.
Who was the “leader” of the group?
Why were they leader? Why did the rest of
the group “follow” that person?
What kind of leader were they?
Leadership Styles
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Authoritarian: Makes all decisions and assigns
tasks to group members. Expect obedience
Laissez-Faire: Minimally involved in the groups
decision making. Follow the group’s goals, not the
leader’s. Group members make all decisions
Democratic: Encourages group members to come
to decisions through consensus;
Which type of leader did your group have? Which
type is the best?
Bell Activity 5/29/2013
Learning Targets: At the end of
class, you will be able to
-Explain the reasons for
conformity
-Explain the obedience to
authority
-Discuss Bystander effect and
diffusion of responsibility
•Chapter 19 Vocab (sections 1
and 2) due tomorrow
•Chapter 19 Test Tomorrow (1st
block), Friday (2nd block)
•Last Day to make-up tests is
Friday
1.) What causes people
to conform-even
when they don’t
necessarily agree?
2.) When do humans
have an obligation to
disobey authority?
3.) Would you help
someone in an
emergency situation?
Work on chapter 19
vocabulary
Elevator Norms
After viewing the activity..
1.) Explain what happened
2.) List the “norms” or unwritten rules of riding
on the elevator
Asch Experiment (elevator)
Asch Experiment
Asch Experiments
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In this experiment, six
people sit on a panel and
must tell which lines match.
Five participants are
collaborators. The sixth is
the actual subject.
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For the first three examples,
the collaborators give correct
answers. After that they
started giving incorrect
answers (all gave the same
answer). In 12 out of 18
“trials” collaborators gave the
wrong answers.)
Asch Experiments
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Asch found that about 75% of the subjects in
his experiments would conform to the group.
If one other person went against the majority,
the subject was likely to go against the
majority.
If one person questions the majority, others
are more likely to examine the issue closely.
Why do People Conform?
Several Factors:
 Belonging to a group that emphasizes the role of
groups over individuals
 Desire to be liked
 Low self-esteem
 Social shyness
 Lack of familiarity with a task
 Group size (conformity grows as size of group
grows-up to 5 or six-then levels off)
 Cultural influences
Obedience to Authority
Milgram’s Experiment
According to this experiment, why do people obey
authority even when asked to do horrific tasks?
Stanford Prison Experiment
What does this experiment tell us about putting
someone into a position of power?
Do you feel these experiments were unethical? Why
or why not?
What do you do?
You live in an apartment complex. One
evening, you hear some sort of
scuffle outside. Then you hear
someone screaming “HELP!” “HELP!”
What do you do in this situation?
The case of Kitty Genovese
Would you help someone in
Need?
Altruism: Helping others at a cost or a risk; for
reasons other than rewards
 Diffusion of Responsibility: The presence of
others lessens an individual’s feelings of
responsibility for his or her actions or failure to act.
 Bystander Effect: An individual does not take
action because of the presence of others.
So, according to these studies, if we are in a crowded
situation and see others acting calmly, we are less
likely to help a person in need.
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