Sociology 6.2

Dyad

A group consisting of two people.

Triad

A group consisting of three people.

Instrumental Leader

A leader focused on goals, tasks, and productivity.

Expressive Leader

A leader focused on emotional support and group morale.

Democratic Leadership

A leadership style that encourages group participation in decision-making.

Laissez-faire Leadership

A hands-off leadership style where members manage themselves.

Authoritarian Leadership

A leadership style where the leader gives orders and makes decisions with little input from members.

Conformity

The extent to which an individual complies with group norms or expectations.

Bystander Effect

The phenomenon where people are less likely to intervene in an emergency when others are present.

Diffusion of Responsibility

A phenomenon where individuals feel less personally responsible in a situation because responsibility is shared among multiple people.

Solomon Asch

A social psychologist famous for his line-judgment experiments demonstrating how group pressure leads to individual conformity.

Milgram Experiment

A social psychology experiment demonstrating high levels of obedience to an authority figure, even when instructed to perform harmful acts.