Abilene Paradox - a group decision that every individual member of the group views as irrational | Argument / Debate |
Civility | Collective Effervescence - epic shared experience whereby collective behavior is thrilling and unifying |
Common Purpose | Competition |
Compliance - following the group without necessarily believing it is right | Compromise |
Comradery | Conformity |
Cooperation | Countersignaling - downplaying yourself as a sign of strength |
Culture - the shared meaning that emerges within every group that spends time together | False Consensus - a tendency to overestimate how much others in a group agree with you |
Fear of Missing Out | Following - i.e. following leaders that emerge in a group |
Group Harmony | Group Narcissism |
Group Polarization - division into two bitterly divided camps | Groupshift - a tendency for risk-taking and risk-avoidance behavior to be more extreme in groups |
Groupthink - an environment that socially penalizes individual expression that doesn't conform to the prevailing opinions of a group | Herd Behavior - a tendency to follow the group without much thought |
Ingroup Bias / Outgroup Bias - favoritism towards those you perceive as being in your group | Internalization - following the group with true belief |
Leadership | Mass Hysteria - a widespread psychogenic illness with no apparent cause |
Moral Panic - a widespread irrational fear and reaction to that fear | Norms - groups form unstated rules and expectations |
Peer Pressure | Politics - the process of deciding what to do as a group |
Reciprocity - a need / tendency to repay kindness | Saving Face - a group that avoids embarrassing individuals |
Self-censorship - individuals may fear saying what they really think in a group | Self-organization - groups self-organize into structures, roles and responsibilities |
Self-presentation - people try to shape how they are perceived by a group | Signaling - trying to demonstrate how much social status you have |
Social Comparison | Social Contagion - the spread of emotions and behaviors through groups |
Social Exclusion / Ostracism | Social Facilitation - when individual performance goes up in a group |
Social Identity - a sense of belonging to a group | Social Inclusion |
Social Interaction | Social Loafing - when individual performance goes down in a group |
Social Proof - using social references to understand the world | Social Tuning - adopting the attitudes of others to try to fit in |
Swarming - the ability of groups to act as one without apparent communication or planning |
