The Social Psychology of Group Cohesiveness: From Attraction to Social Identity

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Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1992 - Psychology - 185 pages

A tour de force. As a comprehensive review, it stands out as a unique resource not matched by any recent treatment of the group literature.--Marilyn Brewer, Professor of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles.

This advanced-level textbook analyzes how social psychology conceptualizes group cohesiveness and solidarity. Since 1950, the dominant perspective on this topic has been exposed through the concept of group cohesiveness: a concept tied to interpersonal processes among small interactive aggregates of people. Although repeatedly challenged, this perspective still thrives.
In the first part of the book, Michael Hogg describes in detail the origins and nature of this concept, showing precisely how it has been modified, simplified, and ultimately reduced to personal attraction. A critique of reductionism in social psychology frames his central argument that problems with the group cohesiveness concept are due to its reduction of group processes to interpersonal processes.
This critique sets the scene for the second part of the book, which presents an alternative, positive conceptualization of group cohesiveness and solidarity. This new perspective centers on social and self-categorization theories and presents current research in detail. Hogg uses new conceptual and methodological developments in social psychology to present an account of group cohesiveness more sophisticated and more complete than those based on a traditional understanding. The book ends with an examination of implications for our understanding of phenomena such as groupthink, social loafing, and group performance.

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Reconceptualizations and alternative perspectives
5
The concept of group cohesiveness
11
Research and measurement
34
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TitleThe Social Psychology of Group Cohesiveness: From Attraction to Social Identity
The Social Psychology of Group Cohesiveness: From Attraction to Social Identity, Michael A. Hogg
AuthorMichael A. Hogg
Editionillustrated
PublisherHarvester Wheatsheaf, 1992
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedJul 17, 2009
ISBN0745010628, 9780745010625
Length185 pages
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Psychology / Interpersonal Relations
Psychology / Social Psychology
Social Science / Sociology / General
  
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