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deindividuation
Loss of self-awareness and evaluation apprehension; occurs in group situations that foster responsiveness to group norms, good or bad
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group polarization
Group-produced enhancement of members' pre-existing tendencies; a strengthening of the members' average tendency, not a split within the group
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social comparison
Evaluating one's opinions and abilities by comparing oneself to others
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groupthink
"the mode of thinking that persons engage in when concurrence-seeking becomes so dominant in a cohesive in-group that it tends to override realistic appraisal of alternative courses of action" -Irving Janis
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reactance
A motive to protect or restore one's sense of freedom. Reactance arises when someone threatens our freedom of action
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leadership
The process by which certain group members motivate and guide the group
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transformation leadership
Leadership that, enabled by a leader's vision and inspiration, exerts singnificant influence
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prejudice
A preconceived negative judgment of a group and its individual members
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stereotype
A belief about the personal attributes of a group of people. Stereotypes are sometimes overgeneralized, inaccurate, and resistant to new information
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discrimination
Unjustified negative behavior towards a group or its members
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racism
(1) An individual's prejudicial attitudes and discriminatory behavior toward people of a given race, or (2) institutional practices (even if not motivated by prejudice) that suburdinate people of a given reace
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sexism
(1) An individual's prejudicial attitudes and discriminatory behavior toward people of a given sex, or (2) institutional practices (even if not motivated by prejudice) that subordinate people of a given sex
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