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<v Speaker 1>All that everyone, we're looking at group dynamics and social

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<v Speaker 1>influence processes. Again, we're going to kind of go into

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<v Speaker 1>social psychology. Conformity is shaped by normative and informational pressures.

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<v Speaker 1>Then we'll talk about compliance techniques like footing the door

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<v Speaker 1>and door in the face. And we'll also be looking

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<v Speaker 1>at obedience to authority, groupthink, and social behavior changes with

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<v Speaker 1>audience presence, facilitation, or group anonymity. We'll look at group

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<v Speaker 1>settings that can lead to polarization and loafing and how

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<v Speaker 1>they've influenced us in the therapy room. So some of

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<v Speaker 1>this things, some of these things will be repeats to

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<v Speaker 1>what we talked about before. First one is ASHES conformity

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<v Speaker 1>experiments The Power of disagreeing alone. Solomon Ash asked participants

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<v Speaker 1>to judge which of the three lines matched a standard line.

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<v Speaker 1>When alone, they answered accurately, but when surrounded by confederates

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<v Speaker 1>who clearly gave wrong answers over a third even though

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<v Speaker 1>they knew the answer was wrong. This has been redone

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<v Speaker 1>several times and still getting the same results. Normative influence

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<v Speaker 1>was at play participants who didn't believe the group, but

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<v Speaker 1>they didn't want to stand out. Now flip it in

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<v Speaker 1>conditions where one person gave the right answer, it conformity dropped.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's the normative influence. Milgram's experiments a little different

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<v Speaker 1>when we're looking there the Milgram's obedience studies, Stanley Milgrim's

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<v Speaker 1>participants belither or do you, delivering increasingly severe electric shock

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<v Speaker 1>to a learner for every wrong answer, even though no

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<v Speaker 1>real shocks were administered under the direction of an authority

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<v Speaker 1>figure in a lab coat. About sixty five percent continued

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<v Speaker 1>to the highest voltage four hundred and fifty volts, even

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<v Speaker 1>when the other individuals were screaming or even scarier fell silent.

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<v Speaker 1>Milgrim's inside people obey authority even when it violates their values,

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<v Speaker 1>especially when the authority is seen as legitimate the responsible

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<v Speaker 1>he feels transferred right. They're not culpable. Somebody else is

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<v Speaker 1>doing is telling me to do this, and there's gradual escalation. Clinically,

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<v Speaker 1>you can see why clients stay in abusive systems or

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<v Speaker 1>follow onhealthy group norms, maybe the cult like or silence, dissent,

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<v Speaker 1>and high pressured environments. It also calls therapists to be

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<v Speaker 1>mindful of their own influence. Then we go to another

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<v Speaker 1>famous experiment, Thembardo Stanford prison experiment. This is the role

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<v Speaker 1>of identity. Students were randomly assigned to be prisoners or

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<v Speaker 1>guards and a simulate a prison. Within days, guards became abusive,

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<v Speaker 1>her prisoners became submissive, and the situation spiraled. The experiment

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<v Speaker 1>was halted after six days. I believe it was his

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<v Speaker 1>wife who told him he needed to stop the experiment.

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<v Speaker 1>This wasn't about individual pathology. It was about situational power.

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<v Speaker 1>How to sign roles, symbols, uniforms, sunglasses, and so forth,

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<v Speaker 1>and the individuation loss of personal identity could transform behavior.

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<v Speaker 1>Therapists working in institutional settings met stay alert to roll

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<v Speaker 1>creep when authority or submission distorts treatment. Conformity normative versus

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<v Speaker 1>informational Normative conformity is changing behavior to fit in avoid rejection.

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<v Speaker 1>Everyone in group therapy said they're fine, So I don't

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<v Speaker 1>bring up my relapse as an example informational conformity changing

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<v Speaker 1>belief because you think the group knows better. They all

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<v Speaker 1>seem sure this treatment works, so maybe I'm wrong to

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<v Speaker 1>question it. Group norms can shape everything from disclosure in

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<v Speaker 1>therapy to risk taking and adolescens compliance techniques now are

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<v Speaker 1>shifting gears to foot in the door. Start small to

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<v Speaker 1>gain compliance with a bigger request later. Can I call

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<v Speaker 1>you tomorrow? Two? Can you come to the clinic? A

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<v Speaker 1>door in the face, Start big, then make a smaller,

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<v Speaker 1>more reasonable request. Can you volunteer weekly? Well? Could you

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<v Speaker 1>just do one session? Low ball technique, offer favorable terms

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<v Speaker 1>and change them after agreement. The tests only takes thirty minutes,

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<v Speaker 1>but then add more. These play out in sales, healthcare,

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<v Speaker 1>and everyday requests, but they also appear in Coulton doctrination

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<v Speaker 1>relationships and manipulative therapy settings. We also see these sometimes

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<v Speaker 1>in a domestic violence group think when agreement Trump's reality

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<v Speaker 1>irving Janus remember him described Janus, I'm sorry. Groupthink as

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<v Speaker 1>a mode of thinking and cohesive groups with a desire

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<v Speaker 1>for unanity overrides critical evaluation just want to get along

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<v Speaker 1>with everybody else. Symptoms include illusion of and vulnerability, suppression

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<v Speaker 1>of dissent, stereotyping of the outsiders, self censorship, and mind guards.

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<v Speaker 1>Groupthink thrives in high pressure and homogenous groups with very

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<v Speaker 1>strong leaders and weak norms for questioning prevention as a

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<v Speaker 1>sign of Devil's advocate, encourage open critique, seek input from outsiders,

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<v Speaker 1>and break the group into independent subgroups. This matters and

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<v Speaker 1>treatment teams, ethical decisions, family therapies, and so forth. Social

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<v Speaker 1>facilitation and loafing. Social facilitation and performance improves on tasks

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<v Speaker 1>in front of others, so public speaking, some people get

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<v Speaker 1>energized or anxiety induced, depending on the speaker's company with

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<v Speaker 1>the content. Basically, the more they know the content, the

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<v Speaker 1>stronger they feel when they have an audience. The less

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<v Speaker 1>they know, the more anxious they become. So again, they

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<v Speaker 1>do better when they understand the topics in front of others,

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<v Speaker 1>but on complex or new topics they perform worse. Social

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<v Speaker 1>loving social loafing is when individuals put in less effort

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<v Speaker 1>when a group versus working alone. I think every student's

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<v Speaker 1>experienced this when they have group projects and somebody doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>seem to be daring all their weight. Individuals put in

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<v Speaker 1>someone will else will speak up. As another component that

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<v Speaker 1>we've seen with social loafing, therapist running group therapy must

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<v Speaker 1>balance group support with individual accountability. Next is the individuation

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<v Speaker 1>losing self in groups and large groups, especially where anonymity

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<v Speaker 1>is present masks, online avatars, uniforms, people become less self

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<v Speaker 1>aware and more impulsive. The individuation It leads to reduced

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<v Speaker 1>empathy increased aggression behavior outside personal norms. This is where

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<v Speaker 1>we see a lot of the crowd violence the mom

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<v Speaker 1>mentality that you're seeing online. Yes, there are some criminal

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<v Speaker 1>elements in the mom mentality too, cyber bullying online radicalization

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<v Speaker 1>can also be caused by this. Even group therapy members

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<v Speaker 1>getting up during conflict reintroduce self awareness by using names,

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<v Speaker 1>encouraging reflection, asking how would you feel if this were

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<v Speaker 1>said to you? Group polarization extremes become more extremes, so

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<v Speaker 1>group discussion doesn't always bring balance, It often amplifies the

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<v Speaker 1>dominant leanings. This is another area moderates martos drift towards extremes.

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<v Speaker 1>The support group that leans towards medical mistrust me reinforce

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<v Speaker 1>anti treatment beliefs over time. For therapists, this is important

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<v Speaker 1>for us. It's to monitor the group norms and look

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<v Speaker 1>to challenge escalation and use diverse perspectives to dilute bias

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<v Speaker 1>reinforce critical thinking. So, for all the stuff that we

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<v Speaker 1>learned today about group dynamics, how does it work in

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<v Speaker 1>our field? Well? Therapeutic groups harness normative pressure for accountability

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<v Speaker 1>and connection, use modeling and feedback to reduce isolation and shame.

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<v Speaker 1>Watch for conformity and dominance really important and silencing as well.

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<v Speaker 1>Pure groups should shape health behavior, medication, adhere in substance use,

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<v Speaker 1>understand where clients sit in their social systems. Number three

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<v Speaker 1>is cult influencing course of groups. Recruit using gradual compliance,

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<v Speaker 1>social isolation and identity immersion. Exit often requires re establishing

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<v Speaker 1>individual agency and critical thinking, workplace dynamics, and consultation. So conflict,

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<v Speaker 1>burnout and ethical drift often emerge from group norms, power imbalances,

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<v Speaker 1>and diffusion of responsibility. The effect of consultants will seek

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<v Speaker 1>will assess communication patterns, status, hierarchies, and feedback systems to

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<v Speaker 1>break these loops. So there you go a little bit

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<v Speaker 1>of social psyche for today. Next time we'll go ahead

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<v Speaker 1>and talk about cultural competence and how that influences U