group-dynamics - Concepts

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Concepts

Stanford Prison Experiment - A landmark 1971 psychology study demonstrating how situational forces and assigned roles can dramatically alter human behavior, even leading ordinary people to act cruelly.
Conformity Bias - The tendency to align one's beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors with the group, even when the group is obviously wrong.
Social Conformity - The tendency to align one's behaviors, attitudes, and beliefs with group norms to fit in or avoid conflict.
Social Psychology - The scientific study of how people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the real, imagined, or implied presence of others.
Bystander Effect - A social psychological phenomenon where individuals are less likely to offer help in an emergency when other people are present - the more bystanders, the less likely any will help.
Parallel Thinking - Edward de Bono's method where all participants think in the same direction simultaneously rather than taking adversarial positions.
Groupthink - A psychological phenomenon where the desire for harmony and conformity in a group leads to irrational or dysfunctional decision-making.
Pluralistic Ignorance - A social phenomenon where individuals privately disagree with a norm but assume most others accept it, leading to collective conformity to beliefs no one actually holds.