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Psychology of Group Behaviors

We are all members of a variety of groups. In a typical week, you may collaborate in a team of coworkers, eat lunch with your friends, gather with family and friends for a celebration, watch your children play after-school sports with other parents, read and comment on political news and opinion pieces on social media, or participate in an online support group. In this course, you will learn about the ways groups can affect your thoughts, behaviors, and the communities to which you belong. You will explore topics in social facilitation, social loafing, deindividuation, group conformity, the bystander effect, groupthink, and group polarization. As one outcome of this course, you will learn about the processes and consequences of these group dynamics, both good and bad, and ways to identify and manage their effects.

Status: Sociology
Status: Psychology
BeginnerCourse7 hours

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MV

5.0Reviewed Dec 26, 2025

Great course. Firs right in with my Social Psychology and Social Psyc and Criminal Behavior courses I teach

CD

5.0Reviewed Jan 21, 2025

This course is very Intelligently designed. Everyone should take this course.

LW

5.0Reviewed Oct 10, 2025

There is a lot of useful information here. Some sections involved a lot of reading and fewer videos. While all materials are great, I would have appreciated both audio and reading options.

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