Summary Of The Thought Experiment: Positive Group Distinctiveness

A country built on immigration, Canada has long had a reputation of being culturally and ethnically diverse. While multiculturalism is meant to be built on equality and appreciation of different cultures, its concept has gained both support and opposition. On one hand, it allows for more assortment and the voices of minorities have a higher chance to be heard. On the other hand, loss of unity and conflicts may occur due to contrasting worldviews of the citizens. All in all, multiculturalism is a controversial policy that has both advantages and disadvantages, but has proven to be a successful strategy in Canada.

The idea of a “band mentality” has been around since before humans have existed. In chimpanzees, our closest common ancestor, the group follows a dominant male, while interacting among the group based on who they like or dislike. Early humans were separated into small bands of hunters for both protection and aid in killing prey. The most experienced hunter led the attack, and it was important to have people who accepted his opinion and listened to him. Humans, in small groups of friends or family, still show this sort of band mentality. They will interact based upon who shares their same interests and feelings about the other people in the group. This way of thinking changed dramatically

My pre-adolescent years were spent in a community thick with diversity. My friendships were as diverse as the environment in which I lived. It never struck me that racial and ethnic ideals separated people in society. However, upon moving to a predominately white upper-class community I began to question such racial and ethnic ideas. From my adolescent years through today I began noticing that certain people are viewed differently for reasons relating to race and ethnicity. As a result, the most recent community I grew up in has kept me sheltered from aspects of society. As a product of a community where majorities existed, I found myself unexposed to the full understanding of race and ethnicity. Prior to the class I had never fully dealt with issues of race or ethnicity, as a result I wondered why they would be of any importance in my life.

The A Team presented numerous arguments that revolved around symptoms equaling a direct correlation to groupthink. This viewpoint alone is false. If one or two symptoms of groupthink are present within a group, we can’t come to the conclusion of groupthink being present. The A Team assumed correlation implies causation, which is a fallacy. As our text for this semester explicitly states “…the presence of cohesion is not enough. Rather three sets of antecedent conditions all of which are important to learning groups must accompany cohesion.”(Myers & Anderson, p.120) In other words cohesion alone will never be the sole cause of groupthink occurring in a

An important part of our learning and growing experience must stem from our ability to analyze and reflect upon the groups that we have been members in. This reflection can define our understanding of the weaknesses both in ourselves and in the others within our group; and it can help to shape the way that we act in future groups. Adjusting ourselves to compensate for our weaknesses, based upon an honest and thorough examination of our actions within a group setting, is one of most important thing for any person to do. It is only through this evaluation that we can improve ourselves and our interactions with others. This paper will examine a group that was required to make an important decision about adding a new member

2.1.4 Engage diversity and difference in practice. Diversity impact on identity formation. Intersectionality. Difference and oppression, poverty, marginalization, alienation and privilege, power and acclaim.

A) What did you learn about yourself in doing the exercises in the book (How Many People Does It Take to Make a Difference? One) that you didn’t already know? Response: This book has taught me many things about myself that I didn’t know . For example , I usually don't think about life in a hard way but this book helped me view life differently. In the beginning of book one of the first exercises it asks “ Who am I ? ” that question kind of threw me off guard and made me think hard. I asked myself who am I exactly? I then learned I was a daughter , a student , a sister but then I discovered that I’m more than this. I’m someone who listens

The methodical study of human behavior in situations in which people from different cultural backgrounds interact defines multicultural psychology. Many consider multicultural psychology a fourth force in psychology study. Communication, interactions, research, and investigations into human behaviors give insight into how different cultures interact socially and how they live among the different ethnic groups. Many issues have emerged in multicultural psychology. Two issues discussed in this paper, cultural identity and baby boomers, describe some of the effects on multicultural psychology.

It makes us through the realization that if we aren’t able to recognize the self; we are living in

As a multicultural individual, I grew up learning to accept and value the mix of different cultures and backgrounds in my community. Exposure to different cultural perspectives has shaped my own. This intercultural understanding has shaped me into the openminded person I am today. I have an open outlook on the world that is not restricted by the confines of race or gender. I knew now that I was not living in a country with a

The group did I learn the most about is group identification. Some of my group mates pointed how some positive outcomes from it and some were negative. People who had the positive outcomes was stating how they will like to people to know more about their racial/ethnic group because it is very important to get to know someone that’s different from who you are. The negative outcomes are basically describing how they feel when the world looks at them differently. In the discussion one of my group mates stated that she her religious affiliation is that she is a Muslim who practices the Islamic faith. Just because she is a Muslim some people automatically thinks that she’s a terrorist. I truly understood where she was coming from because I feel

In groups self disclosure can bring a sense of belonging among participants and it can create a sense of trust. I believe that many people just want be understood, therefore self disclosure is a good way to gain trust and create friendships. In my opinion self disclosure among participants can create a better group dynamic as there will be more cohesion among the group members. I personally noticed this in my group, I find myself knowing each members name and wanting to know more about each person in the group. I also noticed group cohesion during the AA meeting I attended. The group had a positive dynamic as the members listened to each other and self disclosed. Although intimacy can be a positive thing among groups, it can also become a problem as people have different personalities and beliefs about forming friendships. The way self disclosure might intervene in group process could be by forming groups and leaving other members feeling left out. In group discussion I noticed that several of my classmates would roll their eyes when a particular person asked

According to Cartwright & Zander (1968), a group may be defined as a “collection of individuals who have relations to one another that make them interdependent to some significant degree”. Other definitions state that a group is “two or more persons who are interacting with one another in such a manner that each person influences and is influenced by each other person (Shaw, 1981). Turner (1987) goes further to say that “a psychological group is one that is psychologically significant for the members, to which they relate themselves subjectively for social comparison and the acquisitions of norms and values…that they privately accept membership in and which influence their attitudes and behaviour”. Clark & Pataki reserve the term “group”

When attempting to form a social identity in a diverse country such as Canada, discrimination often acts as a barrier. This can pose difficulty for individuals to integrate themselves into society in a way that promotes self-acceptance and human diversity. One of the problems that may arise, due to stereotypes and the classification of individuals based on their culture, religion or race, is assumed homogeneity (Arasaratnam, 2015, p.300).

In this experiment, the participants were tested on both conditions, which are congruent trials and also the incongruent trials. I used within subject experimental design to find the p-value under the assumption that the difference between the congruent and incongruent conditions are only happening due to random chance. In the simulation, I put all the data of the incongruent reading time (seconds) in the group A and all the data of the congruent reading time (seconds) in the group B. Then, I run the simulations 100,000 times as the data have been stabilized at this point. In this case, by clicking the run simulations button, it means that the pairs of data that being generated by the same subject always go together and simply randomize which condition each data point is assigned to within a pair. I get the mean of group A is 414, the mean of group B is 210.5 and the difference in means is 203.5. The difference in means between the two groups is the test statistics in this case. Then, I determine the p-value by selecting the range based on difference of means and select range of both tails of the distribution by selecting the “outside” option. Then I adjusted the range slider to be between -203.49 and 203.49. I do this because I select the data that is just below 203.5, which is the difference of the means of these two groups all the way to the opposite. It worked because the distribution is symmetric between 0. I get the p-value of 0.0309 (3.09 divide by 100), which is