Why Big Groups Are Great

The author of this piece is Dr. Gordon Allport. He is the former head of Harvard’s Department of Psychology as well as the founding father of social psychology. Allport published many books including The Nature of Prejudice (1954). The purpose of the article is to inform the audience that in-groups are everywhere and identity is based on our in-groups. This essay is an excerpt from the book The Nature of Prejudice in 1954 and is a credible source because the principles Allport discussed are still studied by psychologists and researchers today. In the essay, Allport speaks of reference groups and how it relates to in-groups. According to Allport reference groups are the group that an individual wishes to be apart of, but an in-group is

To add on to what Rachel said, groupthink can also occur if the leader is well respected or persuasive. It does have it pros and cons. If used properly the group can come to a solution with everyone contributing. It gives everyone of a sense if worth because they contributed. A con can be peer pressure as when everyone agrees on one solution. This leads mental inefficiency and decrease in moral judgement. As some patients may just go with everyone says in order to avoid conflict. If you want to avoid groupthink then you can have an outsider come in and question the views of the members or or assign the role of critical evaluator to each member of the group.

Have you ever been working alone and needed help? Our group agrees that working in small pairs or groups with other classmates is helpful because your knowledge grows, you get the diversity of others in your work, and if you are stuck you have a group of peers ready to assist you. Groups not only help you and your peers, but help your teachers as well. Small groups are extremely helpful, and we definitely recommend their use in schools.

Groupthink is the theory of individuals in a group will think similar to each other. Those in a group may feel that they can’t speak up on topics or give their own thoughts and ideas. This may lead to the group not working effectively and have some of the group members feel that they are not part of the group. When working with a group of people the objective is to create new ideas and a different way to do something.

Although we had been using the consensus making decision style since the beginning of the semester we were also able to improve upon our administration of it. This approach is time consuming because it requires every group member to discuss an issue and all agree on it before it can be accepted (Levi, 2011). We found that it was taking too long for us to reach group decisions because no one wanted to offend anyone else or offer their honest opinion at first. The more we developed trust the better we could discuss issues honestly in a timely fashion and make well thought out decisions quickly.

I absolutely think its possible for people to form such close-knit groups in today's American contemporary society. They are all in need and necessity has the ability to tie people together in ways much closer than expected. Though hardships people create bonds and there are hardships all throughout history and extending into

That is a true statement there are negatives and positives when working in a small or large group. I understand the idea behind having a small group as oppose to one person making all the decisions. As you mentioned in your example you feel a sense of obligation when you're working on a team project and you don’t want to be the one that let everyone down I can relate to this as well. On my own, I can fail to do something and I feel bad for not completing whatever is I am supposed to do. On the other hand, I would feel worse it was a group project because I let others down and it would hurt my confidence because they would not trust me.

1) The textbook mentions that when something goes wrong in our lives, we tend to seek help from groups other than our primary groups. Therefore, does this concept apply to introverts as well, although they try to handle difficult situations all by their self? (page 176 paragraph 2)

I am Zeeshan Ali; I am working as a Computer teacher for Classes VI-X-M in Canal Side Boys Campus. I have done Masters in Computer Science (MCS) from Punjab University College of Information and Technology (PUCIT) Lahore. The students are the main focus of every teacher and our entire teaching efforts circle round our students to achieve the set targets. Effective Teaching includes many useful teaching strategies that a teacher chooses according to the requirement of his/her respective subject and topic as well. In result of my years of experience and as a Computer teacher I find Group Work as the most effective and fruitful technique at every level.

During our small group discussion we didn't have one leader, we worked as a group to come to an agreement. We used the "team player" form of leadership. We wanted to keep and maintain harmony through the whole activity. This was very effective and allowed us to get done in 20 minutes.

The group leader would try their best to make everyone, even the quiet ones involved. that way everyone wins in the end. The group leaders thought of great ideas that would bring everyone together in the end and makes it a family. That way that we would all share and bonded through memories and laughter. Also, groups are a good way to get to know one another if you don't know what to say or just quiet.

It is easier for humans to harm others when the they or the enemy is grouped because a group can be considered for its ideals and goals alone. Grouping removes individualism, and thus removes the identity of those involved. Someone might hate a group, but concede that they do not particularly hate any one person within it, even though by hating the group they are projecting that feeling toward its members. Grouping can give someone the feeling that they are free to act as they please, simply because the other members of their group can support them, no matter how wrong or immoral that action may be. When a group of likeminded people surrounds someone and backs that person up no matter what, that person can consider morals in the perspective of those around him, instead of the way that society governs it. Grouping also intoxicates its members with the idea that they can reflect

Experiment designer Solomon Asch conducted a line study in 1951 to show the social pressures of large group on how individuals think, feel, act and respond in social situations . The test had been given to a group of subjects who were asked to pick out and match line lengths. Asch’s experiment showed how easy it is to just assimilate with the majority rather than fight the current of the group and inspired many other studies that kept adding on support to his claim. Thus, the analysis of the groupthink culture started.

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Effective work groups are essential to the survival of any business. As I thought about the groups I belong to I tried to find reason one that was effective that I did not oversee. Unfortunately, the only effective group that this applied to was a group I once belonged to at my previous company. This was the internet marketing group at a Timeshare company. Before I am able to talk about my group specifically I feel it is important to define what it is that makes a group a group.  A group is “Two or more individuals in face-to-face interaction, each aware of the others who belong to the group, and each aware of positive interdependence as they strive to achieve mutual goals” (Johnson & Johnson, 2006). A group needs to integrate the multiple