Focus of the Course课程重点

Learning Objectives 学习目标

We are greatly affected by groups. Sometimes this involves participating in groups and sometimes, without direct participation, this involves being a member of a family, community, or culture that is affected by group decisions. There are family groups, friendship groups, religious or spiritual groups, political groups, study groups, and work groups—to name just a few. This course will discuss different types of group effects and outline the various ways groups can affect our thoughts and actions. Some of these effects are positive; other effects can be described as unfortunate, undesirable, and even catastrophic.
我们深受群体的影响。有时这涉及到参与群体，有时，即使没有直接参与，这也涉及到成为受群体决策影响的家庭成员、社区或文化成员。有家庭群体、友谊群体、宗教或精神群体、政治群体、学习群体和工作群体——仅举几个例子。本课程将讨论不同类型的群体效应，并概述群体如何影响我们的思想和行为。其中一些效应是积极的；其他效应可以描述为不幸的、不希望的，甚至灾难性的。

After completing this course, you will be able to:
完成此课程后，您将能够：

• Describe the characteristics of social groups.
  描述社会群体的特征。
• Explain the process of social facilitation.
  解释社会助长过程。
• Describe factors that influence social loafing.
  描述影响社会懈怠的因素。
• Explain how deindividuation alters group behavior.
  解释去个性化如何改变群体行为。
• Summarize how conformity influences behaviors in groups.
  总结一致性如何影响群体行为。
• Describe the bystander effect.  描述旁观者效应。
• Explain how group polarization affects decision making.
  解释群体极化如何影响决策。
• Describe the causes and consequences of groupthink.
  描述群体思维的原因和后果。

Source: https://www.coursera.org/learn/psychology-of-group-behaviors/supplement/l4Rcj/focus-of-the-course