Sunday 12 December 2010
Why Do We Join Groups?
Group: Collection of people who interact, share common goals, and influence how members think and act.
People who congregate but do not interact are not a group, but an aggragate.
Interaction = key factor in group formation.
Task Functions: Activities directed toward getting a job done.
Social Functions: Responses directed toward satisfying the emotional needs of members.
(It is hard to separate the two)
Family Feud
Why do we join task oriented groups?
- They satisfy our need to belong.
- We must compare ourselves to others who are similar to us.
- We use group members as standards against which we evaluate ourselves.
- Groups reduce our uncertainty.
- Group members may offer us support in trying times.
- Groups provide us with companionship.
- Groups provide comfort and lesson our anxiety.
- Groups help us accomplish things that we could not do alone.
Social Norms:
Formal: Traffic Laws
Informal: Greeting friends
Shaking hands at the end of game
Ideology: Set of principles, attitudes and defined objectives for which a group stands.
Types of Groups:
In-Group - members who identify with their group
Out-Group - everyone who is not a member of the in-group
Primary Group - interact daily face to face (ie family members), often interactions are emotionally charged.
Secondary Group - Larger group of people with whom you have more impersonal relationships (ie class)
Social Facilitation: Tendency to perform better in the presence of a group.
Social Inhibition: Tendency to perform poorly in front of a group.
Group Think: When groups emphasize sticking together and fail to adequately appraise alternative courses of action. When engaged in 'groupthink', groups do not make the best decisions.
(ie Kennedy - invasion at the Bay of Pigs) - Analysts wanted to please Kennedy and present a united front. As a result they failed to critically examine Kennedy's decision.
How to avoid 'groupthink'. Leads should avoid strongly advocating their own views and instead, encourage group discussion.
Sociogram: Diagram that represents relationships within a group, especially likes and dislikes of members for other members.
3 Leadership Styles: Authoritatian/ Democratic/ Laissez-faire
People who congregate but do not interact are not a group, but an aggragate.
Interaction = key factor in group formation.
Task Functions: Activities directed toward getting a job done.
Social Functions: Responses directed toward satisfying the emotional needs of members.
(It is hard to separate the two)
Family Feud
Why do we join task oriented groups?
- They satisfy our need to belong.
- We must compare ourselves to others who are similar to us.
- We use group members as standards against which we evaluate ourselves.
- Groups reduce our uncertainty.
- Group members may offer us support in trying times.
- Groups provide us with companionship.
- Groups provide comfort and lesson our anxiety.
- Groups help us accomplish things that we could not do alone.
Social Norms:
Formal: Traffic Laws
Informal: Greeting friends
Shaking hands at the end of game
Ideology: Set of principles, attitudes and defined objectives for which a group stands.
Types of Groups:
In-Group - members who identify with their group
Out-Group - everyone who is not a member of the in-group
Primary Group - interact daily face to face (ie family members), often interactions are emotionally charged.
Secondary Group - Larger group of people with whom you have more impersonal relationships (ie class)
Social Facilitation: Tendency to perform better in the presence of a group.
Social Inhibition: Tendency to perform poorly in front of a group.
Group Think: When groups emphasize sticking together and fail to adequately appraise alternative courses of action. When engaged in 'groupthink', groups do not make the best decisions.
(ie Kennedy - invasion at the Bay of Pigs) - Analysts wanted to please Kennedy and present a united front. As a result they failed to critically examine Kennedy's decision.
How to avoid 'groupthink'. Leads should avoid strongly advocating their own views and instead, encourage group discussion.
Sociogram: Diagram that represents relationships within a group, especially likes and dislikes of members for other members.
3 Leadership Styles: Authoritatian/ Democratic/ Laissez-faire
Saturday 4 December 2010
Love and Marriage
Class Generated Debate Questions
Why does love die?
* Who do you thin divorce affects the most?
* Would you divorce your spouse over their appearance flaws?
* Would you marry your wife only because she is pregnant?
If your spouse is sad a lot, do you get annoyed or try to help?
* Can people with different religious backgrounds be happy together?
* Does being a single parent effect the child?
* Is sex outside of marriage wrong?
* Should family and friends influence your decision about how to peruse a relationship with?
Does divorce affect future relationships?
* Should you get married because your girlfriend is pregnant?
* If you have sex with your partner before marriage will the relationship fail?
* Should couples live together before marriage?
* Should people of the same gender be able to get married?
* Is it right or wrong to get divorced?
How long should you date before getting married (ie is it okay to date for under a year?)
* Is it better to have a relationship with someone who is compatible to you, or different than you?
Does it take a passionate or compassionate marriage to last forever?
* Do children before marriage cause a problem?
* Should gay marriages be allowed?
Should marriage have an age limit?
(See 'instructions' 'rubric' 'scorecard' in folder)
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