Overview
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Paul B. Paulus
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Department of Psychology, University of Texas-Arlington, Arlington, USA
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Social Influence Processes in Groups
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- Serge Moscovici, Gabriel Mugny
Pages 41-64
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- Martin F. Kaplan, Charles E. Miller
Pages 65-94
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Group Influence on Task Performance and Information Processing
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- John J. Seta, Catherine E. Seta
Pages 121-147
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- Stephen G. Harkins, Richard E. Petty
Pages 149-175
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Exchange Processes in Groups
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Front Matter
Pages 177-177
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- S. S. Komorita, David A. Kravitz
Pages 179-203
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- Charles G. McClintock, Frank J. Stech, Linda J. Keil
Pages 205-233
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- Jerald Greenberg, Robert Folger
Pages 235-256
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Interaction in Groups
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Front Matter
Pages 257-257
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- Phillip Shaver, Duane Buhrmester
Pages 259-288
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- Richard L. Archer, Walter B. Earle
Pages 289-314
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Back Matter
Pages 339-356
About this book
Research on groups has been a major focus of concern among psychologists and sociologists for many years. The study of groups certainly deserves a central role in these disciplines since much of our behavior occurs in groups and many important social phenomena involve groups. Issues such as leadership, conformity, group decision-making, group task performance, and coalition formation have had a long history of research. However, recently a number of other areas of research have blossomed that provide interesting new perspectives on group processes (e.g., social impact). In addition, topics of research have developed outside the commonly ac cepted domain of group dynamics (e.g., self-disclosure) which seem to be concerned with rather basic group processes. Basic Group Processes was designed to bring together in one volume a repre sentative sample of the broad range of work currently being done in the area of groups. Some of the chapters provide a review of the literature while others focus more specifically on current programs of research. All, however, provide new insights into basic group processes and a number provide broad integrative schemes. All of the authors were asked to emphasize theoretical issues rather than a detailed presenta tion of research. Basic Group Processes suggests that research on groups is a lively enterprise and forging interesting new theoretical and empirical directions.
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Psychology, University of Texas-Arlington, Arlington, USA
Paul B. Paulus
