Lesson 1: Group Psychology

Group Psychology

By Yousef Alnajjar

Objectives

by the end of the lesson, you will have:

§ extracted specific information and language items from a reading text.

§ extended your range of vocabulary related to describing people’s personalities and working together.

§ applied a range of vocabulary items in context.​

Eng. 302 Unit 10 - Lesson 1 Group Psychology (Part 1)

Let's begin!

Here are things that you should know about social psychology: What do you think?

Eng. 302 Unit 10 - Lesson 1 Group Psychology (Part 1)

Ø The presence of other people can have a powerful impact on behavior.

​Ø Most people will go along with the group, even if they think the group is wrong.

​Ø Situational variables can play a major role in our social behavior.

​Ø Our expectations influence how we view others and how we think they should behave.

​Ø We attribute outside forces for our own failures but blame others for their own misfortunes.

Poll

Peer pressure can be positive.

• I agree

• I disagree

• Neutral

fill in the gaps:

Task: Fill in the gaps in the paragraph with the words in the box below to understand the reason why animals prefer to live in groups.

Why live in a group?

Living in a group has many advantages. First of all, it ………….predation, which is the killing by one living organism of another for food, thanks to various things such as  group defense against predators, increased vigilance, confusion of the predator who no longer knows "where to turn" when faced with numerous moving……………. and  the effect of dilution (predators generally ……………only one prey at a time, each animal therefore has more chances of not being captured as there are ………………..in the group).

limits / capture / targets / individuals

Reading:

Now read the text below and answer the questions in the next slide on your notebook.

In group work, students work in groups of three to five on a task in a responsible and collaborative manner. Group work particularly develops social skills, but also pursues the objective of intensifying disciplinary learning. The results of the work are developed so that they are presented to the whole class at the end of their design. Usually, the teacher plans the group work, but leaves the students in their own application space. During the work, the teacher withdraws and is content to observe, advise and assess the quality of the work. Group work should be integrated into the process of the course. As a general rule, it is necessary to start with a sentence explaining the prerequisites for successfully performing the job. An explanation is essential upstream, both at the disciplinary and methodological level. For disciplinary aspects, it may be useful to show an example to the whole class before individual work on new documents is implemented. It is useful to break down together a specialized and difficult text once, to work on a historical source, to do a case analysis or to design a mind map on the board before assigning these tasks to the groups. It is also important that the objective is transparent from the preparation phase. Students should be informed at the start of the group work sequence of the purpose and expectations. Excessive explanations should be avoided during the preparation phase, as they are somewhat demotivating. It is enough that students know clearly and concisely what they should do, why they should do it and how they can do it.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following strategies would likely be most effective in improving the quality and effectiveness of

cooperative learning experiences for students?

• 💠 allowing students to choose their own group members for group activities

• 💠 providing students with direct instruction and guided practice in group-process skills

• 💠 delaying group work until students have had a chance to get to know each other well

• 💠 giving students verbal feedback on their group work instead of assigning them a grade

Open Ended

The pronoun "they’ ( line 3) refers to

Open Ended

Find a word in the text that means “evaluate”.

Open Ended

Find a noun in the text that means “things that must happen or exist before something is possible.”

Multiple Choice

The adjective “ transparent” ( line 11) probably means :

• 💠 thin

• 💠 complicated

• 💠 understandable

• 💠 opaque

This is the end of part 1

Thank you for paying attention.