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Religious Affiliations: Religion is a powerful force affecting the development of personality. Although all religions preach the same things, they differ in their practices and rituals. They thus affect the way an individual thinks and behaves. The different festivals that an individual celebrates and the way he celebrates it is determined by religious affiliations. Psychologists [...]

Escalation of commitment or escalating commitment may be described as the tendency to become increasingly committed to bad decisions even as losses associated with them increase. It is the tendency to get trapped in bad decisions. In everyday language, escalation of commitment is referred to as “throwing good money after bad.” For example, we invest [...]

Group Polarization (division): Group polarization is the tendency of people to make decisions that are more extreme when they are in a group, as opposed to a decision made alone or independently Compared to individuals, groups tend to make more extreme decisions regarding the amount of risk they are willing to take or the amount [...]

Groupthink: is a phenomenon in which the norm for consensus dominates. It describes situations in which group pressures for conformity discourage the group from critically appraising unusual, minority or unpopular views. Groupthink is a disease that attacks many groups and can dramatically hinder their performance. To understand the above concept in the form of an [...]

Social Loafing is a result of group size. It is the tendency for persons to exert less effort collectively than when working individually. Thus five people working together will not be five times more productive than a single individual working alone. We frequently use groups to enhance productivity. When individuals within a group perceive that [...]

Social Facilitation effects of Groups on the Individual: The social facilitation effect refers to the influence of the presence of others on an individual’s performance.  It is the tendency for performance to improve or decline in response to the presence of others. While this effect is not entirely a group phenomenon-people can work in the [...]

There are various reasons; why people join groups. All groups have their benefits to be offered to the group members. The reasons are as follows: a.         Proximity, Interaction and Influence: One of the most common reasons why people join groups is because they work near each other. Informal groups seem to form among those who [...]

Types Of Group 1.        FORMAL GROUP: those defined by the organizational structure. In formal groups, the behaviors that one should engage in are stipulated by and directed towards organizational goal. The 6 members coming together to conduct a research in the market for a common problem faced by company are part of Formal Group. Formal [...]

We are all members of groups, whether we stay at home, study in school / college or work in business establishment. Group has become inevitable part of our lives; groups are beneficial as well as non-beneficial to the people. Such saying as “Two is company, three is crowd” or “Two heads are better than three” [...]

The Concepts Of Human Behaviour   Psychologists on the basis of their scientific knowledge about human behavior have developed certain ideas about human behavior. In spite of all human beings being different and unique, there are considerable amount of common aspects in all human beings. On the basis of these common aspects, Psychologists have developed [...]