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| Two or more individuals forming a complete unit in a composition |
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| Relative social (formal or informal) position or rank within a group |
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| Rules within a group indicating how its members should (or should not) behave |
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| The sets of behaviors that individuals occupying specific positions within a group are expected to perform |
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| Actions that reward those who follow the norms (positive sanctions) and reprove those who are deviant (negative sanctions) |
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| The degree to which individuals and groups are enmeshed together |
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| Effects on performance resulting from the presence of others |
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| A form of social influence in which individuals change their attitudes and/or behavior to adhere to existing social norms |
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| Doing or saying what others say or do |
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| A form of social influence in which one person simply orders one or more people to perform some action(s) |
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| Efforts on the part of one person to alter the behavior or attitudes of one or more people |
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| The capacity or ability of an individual to exercise control and/or authority |
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| The tendency of members of groups to adhere to the shared views so strongly that they ignore information inconsistent with those views |
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| All forces acting on group members to cause them to remain part of a group, including mutual attraction, interdependence, and shared goals |
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| The tendency of group members to shift, as a result of group discussion, toward more extreme positions than those they initially held |
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| The tendency of some group members to exert less effort on a task than they would if working alone |
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| A form of social interaction in which individuals or groups attempt to maximize their own outcomes, often at the expense of others |
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| A form of social interaction in which individuals or groups coordinate their behavior to reach a shared goal |
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| The process through which some individuals (leaders) influence other group members toward the attainment of a specific group goal or activity |
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| The process wherein the individual so strongly feels that he or she is a member of a group that he or she adopts its opinions, attitudes, and values |
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