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Theories of Group Behavior pp 147–183Cite as

Social Cognition Theory of Group Processes

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The perspective of social cognition researchers on group processes is unabashedly intrapsychic. All social organizations, be they face to face groups or loosely knit aggregates, have a corresponding existance in the perceiver’s cognitive organization of social information. This perspective maintains that virtually all group processes are understandable through an analysis of how individual group members process group-relevant information.

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    George R. Goethals

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Pryor, J.B., Ostrom, T.M. (1987). Social Cognition Theory of Group Processes. In: Mullen, B., Goethals, G.R. (eds) Theories of Group Behavior. Springer Series in Social Psychology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4634-3_8

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