Group Behavior Concepts

Group Behavior Concepts

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  Group Behavior Concepts
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  How do peoplebehave differently when they are in groups? Why do people behave differently when they are in groups?
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  Teaching Jigsaw Activity, STAGE1 Your group will have to TEACH your classmates about your assigned topic. Your poster must… 1) Teach the concept definition. 2) Give specific examples of how the concept works in real life.
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  Teaching Jigsaw Activity, STAGE2 Half of your group will rotate to other stations, learning about a new concept at each station. Meanwhile, the other half of your group will stay at your station and teach about your concept. After four rotations, you will switch roles: the teachers will move, and the movers will teach…
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  Social Facilitation A phenomenonin which people perform better when other people are watching. This means that they might work harder, work faster, make better decisions, (etc.) when others are watching. This is also known as the “audience effect”!
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  Evaluation Apprehension Evaluation apprehension isbeing concerned that others will lower their opinion of you. It’s the worry that others are evaluating you. Being concerned that others are judging you often makes you try harder or perform better, because you care about what they think.
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  Social Loafing A phenomenonin which people perform worse when they are working with a group.This might happen for a variety of reasons: maybe they don’t feel fully responsible for the success of the group (diffusion of responsibility), maybe they think someone else will do the work for them, or maybe they see others slaking off and it makes them want to slack off too.
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  Risky Shift A phenomenonin which people take more risks when they are part of a group.They often take risks that they would never take as individuals. When working with others, people may feel more powerful or less vulnerable. (This is sometimes due to the diffusion of responsibility - people don’t feel fully responsible for their actions when working with others).
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  Groupthink A phenomenon thatoccurs when group members feel like they need to come to a unanimous decision, and it actually leads to the suppression of good ideas and good judgement. In other words, this is when groups make bad decisions because no one in the group feels capable of going against the group or challenging the group’s ideas. We all agree!We all agree!