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Excellent article de synthèse sur la psychologie des groupes. 10 points sont relevés et argumentés par le renvoi vers les résultats d'études diverses.

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although groups are diverse, many of the psychological processes involved are remarkably similar.
The desire to form and join social groups is extremely powerful and built into our nature. Amongst other things groups give us a most valuable gift, our social identity, which contribute to our sense of who we are.
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- Existing groups don't let others join for free: the cost is sometimes monetary, sometimes intellectual, sometimes physical—but usually there is an initiation rite, even if it's well disguised.
- So, not only do groups want to test you, but they want you to value your membership.
- Afterwards people made up all kinds of excuses for their behaviour. Most popular was a variation on: "that many people can't be wrong". Oh yes they can.
- Although groups have norms—rules that apply to everyone in the group—people have roles within groups and corresponding rules that apply to just their position. The most well-known demonstrations of the power of roles is the Stanford Prison Experiment.
- Some were emotionally disturbed by the experience. Even the experimenters were succumbing to their 'roles' as prison superintendents before the plug was pulled on the whole experiment.
- In some groups, they are appointed or imposed from outside, but in many groups leaders emerge slowly and subtly from the ranks.
- He noticed that successful leaders were those who initially fitted in with the group then slowly began to suggest new activities adapted from the old. Children didn't follow potential leaders who jumped straight in with new ideas. Leaders first conform, then only later, when trust has been gained, can they be confident that others will follow.
- Later research found this wasn't all about the effects of competition. The presence of other people seems to facilitate our own performance, but more so when the task is relatively separate to others and can be judged on its own merits.
- In other circumstances, though, people in groups demonstrate a tremendous capacity for loafing.
- Simmons (1985) analysed workplace communication and found that about 80% of the time people are talking about work and a surprising 80% of the information was accurate. Other studies have come up with a similar figure, suggesting that while details are inevitably lost along the way, the grapevine is mostly accurate.
- While co-operation within group members is generally not so much of a problem, co-operation between groups can be hellish. People may be individually co-operative, but once put in a 'them-and-us' situation, rapidly become remarkably adversarial.
- People easily become suspicious of other groups, reasoning that while their individual members may be 'alright', the group as a whole cannot be trusted.

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Much of our lives are spent in groups with other people: we form groups to socialise, earn money, play sport, make music, even to change the world. But although groups are diverse, many of the psychological processes involved are remarkably similar.

Here are 10 insightful studies that give a flavour of what has been discovered about the dynamics of group psychology.

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rules that govern groups -- interesting -- can I apply this to AA groups. Much seems to work.

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2. Initiation rites improve group evaluations

Existing groups don't let others join for free: the cost is sometimes monetary, sometimes intellectual, sometimes physical—but usually there is an initiation rite, even if it's well disguised.

Aronson and Mills (1959) tested the effect of initiation rites by making one group of women read passages from sexually explicit novels. Afterwards they rated the group they had joined much more positively than those who hadn't had to undergo the humiliating initiation. So, not only do groups want to test you, but they want you to value your membership.
Group norms are extremely pervasive: this becomes all the more obvious when we start breaking them.

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Much of our lives are spent in groups with other people: we form groups to socialise, earn money, play sport, make music, even to change the world. But although groups are diverse, many of the psychological processes involved are remarkably similar.

Here are 10 insightful studies that give a flavour of what has been discovered about the dynamics of group psychology

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when tasks are additive and each person's contribution is difficult to judge, people will slack off to an impressive degree.
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  That is a classic line. I wonder how often I have slacked off to an "impressive degree?"

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10 Rules That Govern Groups

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Much of our lives are spent in groups with other people: we form groups to socialise, earn money, play sport, make music, even to change the world. But although groups are diverse, many of the psychological processes involved are remarkably similar.

Here are 10 insightful studies that give a flavour of what has been discovered about the dynamics of group psychology.