Group Dynamics: What is a group and why are they dynamic?

This is the first lecture in a series of senior level undergraduate lectures on group dynamics that I created and have been teaching for many years. This lectures introduces the topic of group dynamics and gives great surface level information about the various topics that will be covered throughout the course. We'll explore what it means to be a group and what the different types of groups are. We will also look at what it means to be dynamic and what different elements contribute to the dynamic processes that make our social lives so complex and interesting. This lecture was edited to remove personal information and student questions (I do not have permission from students to include their responses in a published forum).

[@chrisbovington9607]

0:00 INTRODUCTION - 7:06 Class Overview - 9:14 Lecture Overview 10:57 DEFINING GROUPS - 14:52 Group Size - 18:41 Connections Within Groups - 21:52 Groups vs Networks - 25:08 Interaction - 28:16 Goals - 31:08 Interdependence - 32:58 Structure - 35:22 Roles and Norms - 38:20 Cohesion and Entativity - 40:29 Types of Groups --- Primary Groups --- Social Groups --- Collectives --- Categories 49:46 UNDERSTANDING THE DYNAMIC NATURE OF GROUPS - 50:03 Studying Group Dynamics - 53:04 Are Groups Real? - 55:01 Levels of Analysis - 56:15 Groups Influence Their Members - 58:43 Groups Influence Society - 1:00:12 Groups Are Living Systems - 1:03:29 The Multilevel Perspective - 1:05:01 The Practicality of Group Dynamics Suggest edits if you want to.

[@Etrid]

So happy I came across this course, been looking for something just like it. And you are a great teacher. Thank you for making this available.

[@thecellularrepublic9844]

Thank you for the kind words and I'm glad you are enjoying it!

[@georgelee6972]

It was really difficult to hear that you are not getting paid for what you do. Just having gone through a psychology conversion masters. I'd say that the lecture series you produce are probably higher quality than the majority I've come across in actual lectures!! Hope your good work gets rewarded the way it deserves :)

[@thecellularrepublic9844]

This was incredibly kind and absolutely made my day! I'm really glad that you are enjoying the lectures and it's comments like this that give me the motivation to continue to do this type of stuff.

[@arsal.a]

We are researching on learning behaviours in collaborative groups in authentic classrooms using conversational data in an Australian university. It would be great to hear your insights and potentially collaborate.

[@authenticstories2571]

Thank you for this 😊. You are a brilliant teacher.

[@thecellularrepublic9844]

That's very kind of you! It's become a big passion of mine so I'm glad that so many people are enjoying this content.

[@kikleine]

Halfway through your EXCELLENT cognitive neuroscience course. This one is next :)

[@thecellularrepublic9844]

I'm glad you're enjoying them! I've always thought how odd it is that there's not more freely available knowledge out there with how many college courses are being taught every day. It's not hard to record a lecture and put it out there for everyone!

[@kikleine]

@@thecellularrepublic9844 Could not agree more. And yes, I am enjoying your courses a lot and learning a ton. THANK YOU

[@petebaumbach7944]

thank you for producing this , Pete in UK

[@thecellularrepublic9844]

You're welcome! So cool to see that people are listening on the other side of the pond.

[@bssw1-2coangelchristmar11]

thank you for this info using for our study

[@thecellularrepublic9844]

I'm so glad it's helpful! Best of luck with your study 🙏

[@user-dc5jy2xe8f]

thank you for the above topic. was really informative, Do you mind providing a list of citations or sources of literatures used to make the above conclusions and knowledge. I'd like to read up a little

[@thecellularrepublic9844]

I'm sorry but I don't have time to track down all the references. You can look for textbooks by forsyth and it should have everything that you need!

[@animeshkumar1684]

Excellent 👌 thx a lot

[@thecellularrepublic9844]

I'm glad you like it! Many more coming soon.

[@cedvdb6473]

thanks for this course

[@thecellularrepublic9844]

Absolutely! I'm really glad that you are enjoying it.

[@alias_peanut]

I hated myself for not knowing and others not caring when they supposed to try. really school sucked 😭 hopefully it the worse point ☝️

[@ALEXMIYEDU]

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[@thecellularrepublic9844]

I'm glad you're enjoying it! Consider checking out the live podcast that we do in the live section of my channel. We get into a lot of these same principles and how they relate to brain processes.

[@joshuamariita-vv9rj]

How will I get simple notes on this

[@thecellularrepublic9844]

I'm not entirely sure what you are asking for. Could you be more specific?

[@georgelee6972]

Are you asking for a summary page / document? Maybe you could make a google doc and collectively viewers could keep shared notes on their for each lecture?

[@thecellularrepublic9844]

@@georgelee6972 This is a super cool idea 🤔I'll try to get something like that set up. I can't guarantee that I'll be super active in responding on it however with the other tasks and responsibilities that I currently have.

[@georgelee6972]

@@thecellularrepublic9844 I'd be happy to set up google docs for the main lectures + post publicly accessibe links to the lectures if that's helpful? (May be a few days till I can though).

[@marciamarquene5753]

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