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Group Processes: Groupthink, Deindividuation, Social Loafing, and Conformity to Social Roles

Group Processes and Social Roles
4 · Social psychology

What this note covers

  1. Introduction: Why Groups Change How We Think and Act
  2. Groupthink: When Consensus Becomes Dangerous
  3. Social Loafing and Diffusion of Responsibility
  4. Deindividuation: Losing Yourself in the Crowd
  5. Conformity to Social Roles: Theory and Background
  6. The Stanford Prison Experiment (Haney, Banks and Zimbardo, 1973): Design, Findings, and Interpretation
  7. Situational vs Dispositional Explanations: Synthesis and Evaluation

7 sections · 14 key terms & formulas · 6 common mistakes

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