The social psychology of group cohesiveness : from attraction to social identity /
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| Author / Creator: | Hogg, Michael A., 1954- |
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| Imprint: | New York : New York University Press, 1992. |
| Description: | xi, 185 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1349095 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction. Social groups. Studying the social group. Group cohesiveness. This book
- 2. The concept of group cohesiveness. Pre-experimental perspectives. Early experimental social psychology. Festinger, Schachter and Back. Transformation of the concept. The social cohesion model
- 3. Research and measurement. Empirical antecedents and consequences of cohesiveness. The measurement of cohesiveness
- 4. Limitations and critiques. The demise of group cohesiveness. Historical trends in social psychology. Limitations and criticisms of group cohesiveness
- 5. Reconceptualizations and alternative perspectives. Reconceptualizations of group cohesiveness. Group socialization. Other aspects of group solidarity
- 6. Social identity, self-categorization, and group cohesiveness. Social identity theory. Self-categorization theory. Social influence in groups: conformity and normative behaviour. Measuring social identity. Social attraction and cohesiveness
- 7. Social attraction research. Related ideas in social psychology. Direct empirical issues. Metatheoretical issues
- 8. Prospects and conclusions. Groupthink. Group productivity and performance. Social loafing. Large-scale social categories.