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Group Influence (Week 7) (Deindividuation: When do people lose their…
Group Influence (Week 7)
What is a Group?
2 or more people who, for longer than a few moments, interact with and influence one another and perceive one another as “us”
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Group Polarization
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Group polarization: group-produced enhancement of members’ pre-existing tendencies; a strengthening of the members’ average tendency, not a split within the group
In schools
Accentuation phenomenon: Over time, initial differences among groups of university students become accentuated
In communities
Like-minded people associate increasingly with one another, amplifying their shared tendencies
The internet
Makes it much easier for small groups to rally like-minded people, crystallize diffuse hatreds, and mobilize lethal force
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Pluralistic ignorance: a false impression of how other people are thinking, feeling, or responding
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