Social Psychology Unit 4 DB

Within the Discussion Board area, write 300-500 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions with your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.

In your primary task response, you will focus on the dynamics of being part of a group. Reflect back on a time when you were part of a group at your workplace or another group experience in the past. Address the following:

Describe the group you were a part of at your workplace or another group from your past experiences. In your own words, define the hierarchy in your group and describe how it was formed and sustained in your group.
In your own words, define groupthink or group polarization and provide a good example of how this could affect your group.

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For more than 2 years I was a part of St James Greenhill’s Children’s coalition, a community group that was located in my locality. Being a local and born within that area it was my dream to be part of this community program. This program had various activities which included immunization, child hunger, and adolescent pregnancy, but all of them were for the greater good of the community especially the teenagers.

This was the hierarchy was;

St James Children’s coalition can be described as a moderately big community-based group.

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