Transcript Groups, Crowds, and Roles

Groups, Cliques and
Social Behaviour
Truth.
Types of Groups
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Social Groups: Two or more people
who interact with each other and are
aware of having something in
common
Meet needs
 Help us achieve goals
 Provide safety/security
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Types of Groups
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Crowds: A collection of people who
come together for a specific purpose
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May have little or nothing to do with
each other
A crowd can turn into a group if the
people begin to relate to each other
Crowds
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Conventional crowd: large group of
people gathered for a clear purpose
who display expected behaviour
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Casual crowd: group of people who
have no common goal other than
being in the same location at the
same time
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Crowds
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Expressive crowd: a large number of
people at an event who display
emotion and excitement
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Example: ??
Acting crowd: a group of people
fuelled by a single purpose or goal
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Mobs
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A disorderly crowd of people
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Can lead to a riot: disorder stemming
from a social grievance, often exhibit
aggression, and may result in
violence, vandalism and destruction of
property
Mobs
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Smart mob: a large group of strangers
who use electronic media to organize
and stage surprise public gatherings
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Primary Groups
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First and most important groups in our
lives
Personal relationships
 Long-term relationships
 Interested in the person as a whole
 Usually face-to-face communication
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Ex: family, group of friends
Secondary Groups
Impersonal, more formal
 Temporary/short-term relationships
 Interested in a narrow aspect of the
person
 More formal/written communication
 Ex: School, business, team
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ACTIVITY TIME
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ROLES
How Groups Shape
Behaviour
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Roles: Groups assign members a set
of behaviours they expect them to
perform
Do you adopt different roles in
different groups?
 Have you ever experienced role
conflict?
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How Groups Shape
Behaviour
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Norms: Rules within a group
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can be formal or informal
Sanctions: Used to encourage or
discourage certain behaviours
Positive: acceptance, good marks,
pay
 Negative: rejection, failure,
reprimands
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Conformity
The process by which an individual's
attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors are
influenced by others
 Occurs in both small groups and
society as a whole
 Influences the formation and
maintenance of social norms and
allows society to function smoothly
and predictably
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Conformity
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Why do people conform?
A desire to achieve a sense of
security within a group
 Failure to conform may result in social
rejection
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Peer pressure is a way to force
conformity
 Can be positive or negative
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Activity
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Make a chart titled “Personal
Involvement in Groups”
Divide a page into 4 sections, and in
each, write the name of a group to which
you belong
For each, write:
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How long have you been a part of this
group?
What needs does the group meet? (why are
you still a member?)
What is your role in the group?
What are the groups norms?
What sanctions does the group use to
ensure conformity?
CARTOON ASSIGNMENT
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Let’s go through it together 
Questions
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Is conformity essential to make society
function properly?
What are the dangers and advantages of
a society that conforms?
Can people be manipulated to conform
to ideas and behaviours without being
aware they are being manipulated?