SPRING 2018
EDP 5285-01
GROUP PROCESSES ONLINE
(3
hours credit)
CLASS NUMBER 2608
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY & LEARNING SYSTEMS
We examine group dynamics
in: education, communication, industry, sports, the military, family life,
and more. Topics include: group structure, social roles, social identity,
cohesion, teamwork, interaction processes among peers and between leaders
and members, decision-making, conformity, persuasion, leadership, and intra-
and inter-group relations. We have a section on how to study groups (e.g.,
focus groups, "brainstorming")
and the role of groups
in assessments and evaluations. Group processes have considerable power
to address individual recruitment and membership maintenance and contributions
to persuasion processes and maintaining morale.
Groupsprocesses have considerable explanatory power, not only to address how individuals are recruited and maintain membership in diverse groups, including sports teams, classrooms, cults and political cells, but also how groups contribute to persuasion processes and to maintaining morale under difficult circumstances. They might even give some hints on how Congress can work together!
For more information, see the 2017 OVERVIEW
HERE
Or
enter this url: http://myweb.fsu.edu/slosh/GroupsOverview.html
Our course site will be available by the first week of class. Meanwhile feel free to browse the readings, overview, and assignments interlinked Web sites from Spring 2017 which are publicly available via the myweb online system. |
Useful for students in:
Donelson Forsyth
Group Dynamics: SIXTH
Edition
(2014)
Wadsworth-Cengage
9781133956532
which is more "generic"
and
David W. Johnson and Frank P. Johnson
Joining Together: Group Theory and
Group Skills (ELEVENTH Edition, 2012/3)
Prentice-Hall
9780132678131
which is more applied
Used copies of both are available on sites such as Amazon and locally.
For further information please contact
me:
Dr. Susan Carol Losh
Department of Educational Psychology
& Learning Systems
Florida State University 32306-4453
The best way is email:
slosh@fsu.edu
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