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The Social Functions of Group Rituals
Convergent developments across social scientific disciplines provide evidence that ritual is a psychologically prepared, culturally inherited, behavioral trademark of our species. We draw on evidence from the anthropological and evolutionary-science literatures to offer a psychological account of the social functions of ritual for group behavior. Solving the adaptive problems associated with group living requires psychological mechanisms for identifying group members, ensuring their commitment to the group, facilitating cooperation with coalitions, and maintaining group cohesion. The intersection of these lines of inquiry yields new avenues for theory and research on the evolution and ontogeny of social group cognition.
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Enacting Cultural Interests: How Intergroup Contact Reduces Prejudice by Sparking Interest in an Out-Group's Culture
In the present research, we examined the hypothesis that cues of social connectedness to a member of another social group can spark interest in the group's culture, and that such interest, when freely enacted, contributes to reductions in intergroup prejudice. In two pilot studies and Experiment 1, we found that extant and desired cross-group friendships and cues of social connectedness to an out-group member predicted increased interest in the target group's culture. In Experiments 2 and 3, we manipulated cues of social connectedness between non–Latino American participants and a Latino American (i.e., Mexican American) peer and whether participants freely worked with this peer on a Mexican cultural task. This experience reduced the participants' implicit bias against Latinos, an effect that was mediated by increased cultural engagement, and, 6 months later in an unrelated context, improved intergroup outcomes (e.g., interest in interacting with Mexican Americans; Experiment 4). The Discussion section addresses the inter- and intragroup benefits of policies that encourage people to express and share diverse cultural interests in mainstream settings.
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Handbook of social work with groups
\"In this book we portray what we see as the critical dimensions of social work with groups and we take a broad view of this domain of social work. We see it as encompassing any and all of the types of groups in which social workers participate as part of their professional activities, either as members or facilitators. This view of group work consequently incorporates groups that individuals of different age groups join to solve problems and attain their individual, administrative, and organizational goals, enrich their lives, ameliorate problems experienced by organizations and communities, produce social change, and promote social justice\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Gendered Migrations and Global Social Reproduction
Eleonore Kofman and Parvati Raghuram argue for the benefits of social reproduction as a lens through which to understand gendered transformations in global migration. They highlight the range of sites, sectors, and skills in which migrants are employed and how migration is both a cause and an outcome of depletion in social reproduction.
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Theorizing identities and social action
\"This collection brings together leading scholars to explore the doing and making of identities. Drawing on the highly innovative ESRC Identities and Social Action Programme, the chapters take core social actions such as performing, excluding, mixing, bonding and demonstrate how social practices and identities unfold together\"--Provided by publisher.
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When nonstandard meets standard: Language and affective dynamics in accent-diverse group interactions
Drawing on communication accommodation theory, this exploratory research examines how the arrival of a standard-accented newcomer influences nonstandard-accented participants’ linguistic patterns and positive affect during group interactions. While prior work often focuses on how newcomers adapt to groups, less is known about how a newcomer shifts existing group dynamics—especially in accent-diverse contexts. Across 49 WebEx group discussions involving 102 nonstandard-accented participants, a standard-accented confederate newcomer joined midway through each session. Study 1 examined changes in participants’ linguistic patterns, including linguistic style matching, speech mistakes, filler words, clout, and authenticity. Results showed that participants generally diverged from each other and converged toward the newcomer in linguistic style. They also made more speech mistakes, exhibited higher clout, and reduced authenticity, although they used fewer filler words—suggesting a disruption to existing interaction dynamics. Study 2 explored whether participants’ positive affect predicted perceived interaction quality after the newcomer’s arrival. Positive affect more strongly predicted perceived interaction quality than negative affect—suggesting that participants view the newcomer as more facilitative than disruptive. These findings highlight a complex dynamic of communication adaptation in accent-diverse interactions, where linguistic shifts are disrupted even as affect remains more positive. Implications for group integration and second-language training are discussed.
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The perfect swarm : the science of complexity in everyday life
\"The modern science of complexity has revealed how fish, birds, bees, and ants use swarm intelligence to guide group movements and to help in the search for food and shelter. Used by humans, swarm intelligence capitalizes on the diversity of our families, our groups of friends, our business contacts, and our social acquaintances to help us make better decisions. In The Perfect Swarm, Len Fisher shows how we can use swarm intelligence to start a craze, to work better in committee and get more from our social networks, or even know when we should change our minds.\"--Publisher description.
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Dreaming the ordinary
This paper introduces the concept of ‘ordinary’ to analyze citizenship’s complexities. Ordinary is often taken to mean standard or routine, but it also invokes order and authority. Conceptualizing citizenship as ordinary trains our attention on the ways in which the spatiality of laws and social norms are entwined with daily life. The idea of ordinariness fuses legal structures, normative orders and the experiences of individuals, social groups and communities, making citizenship both a general category and a contingent resource for political life. We explore this argument using immigrants as an example, but the conceptualization of citizenship extends more broadly.
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