Interpersonal Relations and Group Processes
One of the most distinctive aspects of human beings is that we are social. We are each affected by the presence of other people, we form relationships with other people, we join groups with other people, and we behave in certain ways towards members of our own and other groups. The previous chapter focused on various aspects of social evaluation and how we process social information – intra-personal processes. In this chapter, we look more broadly at the ways in which our behaviour is genuinely social. How are we influenced by, and how do we influence, other people?
First, we here ask the elementary question of how we are affected by simply being in the presence of other people. We then look at ways in which people interact with one another – particularly how people form close relationships with one another.
Next, we look at how people in groups, and how groups as a whole, behave. How does being in a group affect what we think and do? How do groups perform typical group tasks and activities? Finally, we consider how groups interact with and perceive one another; how people as group members relate to people who are not in their group; and how both cooperative and competitive forms of intergroup behaviour arise and can be changed.
One of the most distinctive aspects of human beings is that we are social. We are each affected by the presence of other people, we form relationships with other people, we join groups with other people, and we behave in certain ways towards members of our own and other groups. The previous chapter focused on various aspects of social evaluation and how we process social information – intra-personal processes. In this chapter, we look more broadly at the ways in which our behaviour is genuinely social. How are we influenced by, and how do we influence, other people?
First, we here ask the elementary question of how we are affected by simply being in the presence of other people. We then look at ways in which people interact with one another – particularly how people form close relationships with one another.
Next, we look at how people in groups, and how groups as a whole, behave. How does being in a group affect what we think and do? How do groups perform typical group tasks and activities? Finally, we consider how groups interact with and perceive one another; how people as group members relate to people who are not in their group; and how both cooperative and competitive forms of intergroup behaviour arise and can be changed.
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