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Group Interaction Activity

In order to be classified as a group, a collection of people must demonstrate interdependence. Interdependence occurs when an action by one member affects of influences the other members. On a separate sheet of paper answer the following questions:

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Group Interaction Activity

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  1. In order to be classified as a group, a collection of people must demonstrate interdependence. Interdependence occurs when an action by one member affects of influences the other members. • On a separate sheet of paper answer the following questions: • How would you describe the participants behavior while working on the puzzle? • Did participants talk about the puzzle when time was called? What did they say? • Did members of the 2nd and 3rd groups take on roles such as leader and recorder? • Calculate a score for each group. For the 1st group score the individual data sheets and then calculate a mean score for the group. • How do the scores of the groups that worked together compare with the group whose members worked independently? Explain. • What is the significance of the roles that emerged in the 2nd and 3rd groups? Group Interaction Activity

  2. Conformity and Obedience

  3. How are each of these people authority figures? • Over whom do they have authority? • Why do you think people obey them? • Should there be limits on your willingness to obey authority figures?

  4. Conformity involves any behavior that you engage in because of direct or indirect group pressure. • People may conform to other people’s ideas of the truth, even when they disagree • People who conform are called Yielders • Most yielders conform to group pressure to not appear different • Those who do not conform are called independents • Conformity is the standard means of gaining approval

  5. There are several factors that increase conforming behavior in people. These factors include: • Belonging to a group that emphasizes the role of groups rather than individuals • The desires to be liked by other members of the group • Low self-esteem • Social shyness • Lack of familiarity with a task • Group size. Conformity increases with the size of a group. • Cultural influences Why do people conform?

  6. Obedience, or behaving in response to orders given by these authorities, can be either useful or destructive. • Ex: Obeying the orders of a doctor or firefighter in an emergency is constructive • People however, can obey orders that go against their conscience and whole system of values. • Ex: German Nazism Obedience to Authority

  7. The Milgram Experiment • People assume that authorities know what they are doing, even when their instructions seem to run counter to standards of moral behavior • Social conditioning for obeying legitimate authorities is so strongly engrained that people often lack the words or ways to do otherwise. Obedience to Authority

  8. Stanford Prison Experiment • Demonstrated the power that situations can have in changing how we feel, think, and behave. Obedience to Authority

  9. People learn to obey authority figures • Throughout our lives, we obey parents, teachers, doctors, and religious figures. • We have also learned to follow orders • We follow traffic rules, school rules, and parental rules. • However, we are more likely to follow these rules when the authority figure is present Why do people obey?

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