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Norms and roles in the small group

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AIMS OF THE EXERCISE: to teach students to inter-relate what they have read about small group behaviour in texts to the behaviour of a particular small group to which they belong; to demonstrate the interconnections between social norms and social roles; and to illustrate how data collection may be used not only to study behaviour but also to create opportunities for changing it.

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  1. Peter B. Smith
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  1. Nuffield College, Oxford, OX1 1NF, UK

    Glynis M. Breakwell

  2. Department of Applied Psychology, UWIST, Llwyn-y-Grant, Penylan, Cardiff, CF3 7UX, UK

    Hugh Foot

  3. Department of Psychology, Fylde College, University of Lancaster, Bailrigg, Lancaster, LA1 4YF, UK

    Robin Gilmour

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Smith, P.B. (1982). Norms and roles in the small group. In: Breakwell, G.M., Foot, H., Gilmour, R. (eds) Social Psychology. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-16794-4_15

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