ISBN: 0631184961
Godina izdanja: 2001
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

Rupert Brown - Group Processes: Dynamics Within and Between Groups
Blackwell, 2001
417 str.
meki povez
stanje: dobro, beleške.

Review
`This is a beautifully written book. It manages to be both scholarly and comprehensive, as well as clear and engaging. It fulfilled all my expectations from the excellent first edition published in 1988. Brown very successfully manages to integrate American and European work on group processes, as well as cognitive, small group and intergroup perspectives. As such, he accurately captures the new integrative approach to the study of groups that is helping to reinvigorate this core topic of social psychology.` Michael A. Hogg , University of Queensland, Australia
Reviews of the Previous Edition:

`Written with clarity and care, it emphasizes ideas over phenomena, and thus theoretical review over empirical summary. An excellent supplement in an upper-division undergraduate class.` Contemporary Sociology

From the Back Cover
People`s lives are inescapably bound with the groups to which they belong. Whether at home, work, or play human beings are essentially group beings. Thus, an understanding of behavior in group settings is a central task for social psychology.
Group Processes aims to deepen our understanding of relationships within and between groups by means of three key ideas. First, groups are a source of social identity; our sense of who we are and what we are worth derives from our group memberships. Second, there is a constant tension in group life between its task and socio-emotional aspects; `getting on with the job` whilst also `getting on with people`. Third, group dynamics are frequently governed by comparison processes, both within the group and between the ingroup and various outgroups.

In this comprehensively revised edition, Rupert Brown introduces readers to the major developments in the field of group processes in a clear and compelling way. All the chapters have been thoroughly updated and several new sections have been added. There are considerably extended treatments of such key topics as group cohesion, social comparison, leadership, social facilitation, group performance, socio-cognitive aspects of intergroup relations, and social identity processes. The new material is woven seamlessly into the existing structure of the book, integrating the latest theory and research with classic contributions from the past. There are many supporting illustrations from contemporary life throughout the text.

About the Author
Rupert Brown is Reader in Psychology at the University of Kent.

Contents:
Preface. Acknowledgements. Pt I Reality of groups: Definition
The individual-group relationship
The interpersonal-group continuum
Emergence of collective group behaviour: the crowd as a group
pt II Elementary processes in groups: Becoming a member of a group
Interdependence and group process
Achieving the task and maintaining relationships
Group cohesion
Acquisition and development of group norms
pt III Structural aspects of groups: Role definition
Status differentiation
Self-evaluation through social comparison
Leadership
Communiation networks
pt IV Social influence in groups: The power of the majority
The influence of the minority
Two influence processes in one?
pt V Individuals versus groups: Group productivity
Group decision making
pt VI Intergroup conflict and cooperation: Deprivation and discontent
Intergroup behaviour and real group interests
pt VII Thinking about groups: Social categorization: the foundation stone on intergroup behaviour
Stereotypes: the `pictures in our heads`
pt VIII Social identity and intergroup relations: Social identity and intergroup conflict
Social identity and intergroup harmony
A few last words
References. Index.


Intergroup relations, Interpersonal relations, Social groups, Nonfiction, Psychology, 0631184961