group structure online group (or e-group) social group interdependence paradigm social identity level of analysis primary group social network membership relationship interaction stereotype multilevel perspective (socioemotional interaction) task interaction norm role Thomas Theorem offline group social category Activities Help students answer the question, is a group?” by splitting the class up 1-1. Identifying Groups. “What into groups and giving them examples of aggregates that vary in After they rank order them “groupness.” from the most to least review the list and identify the ways groups differ and their common “grouplike,” properties (e.g., size, duration, cohesiveness, identity, and so on). You can also compare the students’ reactions to the distinctions noted in the text’s Table 1-2. Instructions. Humans are social animals, for we naturally gravitate away from isolated circumstances into groups. But what, precisely, is a group? collections of people listed below are groups, and which ones are not? For each group, enter G for Group, C for Collective, CAT for Category, or ? if you aren’t certain. Also, rank the aggregates from 1 (the most group-like) to 25 (the least group-like). Group? Rank Aggregate The spectators at a college football game. Two people flirting with each other, having met for the first time at a club All the students in a class All the students at this school A mob of rioters burning stores in the inner city Individuals in a queue waiting to pay for items in a grocery store The Smith family (husband, wife, 3 children, 1 grandparent) People who enjoy classical music The faculty in the Math Dept., on a holiday when classes are not in session All the people who are friends with the same person in Facebook All the members of the American Group Psychologists Association A crowd watching a street musician on a sidewalk A secretary talking to the boss by telephone 6 employees wearing sound-muffling earplugs working on an assembly line The Dave Matthews Band
group structure interdependence level of analysis membership multilevel perspective norm offline group online group (or e-group) paradigm primary group relationship interaction (socioemotional interaction) role social category social group social identity social network stereotype task interaction Thomas Theorem Activities 1-1. Identifying Groups. Help students answer the question, “What is a group?” by splitting the class up into groups and giving them examples of aggregates that vary in “groupness.” After they rank order them from the most to least “grouplike,” review the list and identify the ways groups differ and their common properties (e.g., size, duration, cohesiveness, identity, and so on). You can also compare the students’ reactions to the distinctions noted in the text’s Table 1-2. Instructions. Humans are social animals, for we naturally gravitate away from isolated circumstances into groups. But what, precisely, is a group? collections of people listed below are groups, and which ones are not? For each group, enter G for Group, C for Collective, CAT for Category, or ? if you aren’t certain. Also, rank the aggregates from 1 (the most group-like) to 25 (the least group-like). Group? Rank Aggregate The spectators at a college football game. Two people flirting with each other, having met for the first time at a club All the students in a class All the students at this school A mob of rioters burning stores in the inner city Individuals in a queue waiting to pay for items in a grocery store The Smith family (husband, wife, 3 children, 1 grandparent) People who enjoy classical music The faculty in the Math Dept., on a holiday when classes are not in session All the people who are friends with the same person in Facebook All the members of the American Group Psychologists Association A crowd watching a street musician on a sidewalk A secretary talking to the boss by telephone 6 employees wearing sound-muffling earplugs working on an assembly line The Dave Matthews Band