Tuesday, December 15, 2015

One of the functions of social representations

Social representations serve the same function, which in traditional society was done by the myths, legends, beliefs and other forms of verbal art.

Representation being generated and separated in the group influence each member. Thus, as would define the boundary of the group.

View specify certain rules that prescribe what we should think. The less we know and think about them, the more effect it has on us (Moscovici,1984b).

One of the functions of social representations is that they guide and "justify" the behavior of individuals (and in a broader sense, and social relations), they facilitate intragroup communication.

However, in order for such communication took place, there must be some problem of the discussion, something that demanded explanation, be it an unfamiliar object or phenomenon, or a disturbing situation. In other words, something groaning and threatening, or impairing the everyday practice of the group (Wagner, 1996). Unfamiliar object or phenomenon could threaten the group, because it lacks ready-made presentation about the object or phenomenon, there is no means of integrating this facility into daily practice. The resolution of this problem on a collective level and is carried out by means of social communication (both at level intragroup communication, and mass media), which produced the interpretation and explanation of a new phenomenon or phenomena. Something unfamiliar, frightening, strange becomes familiar and intuitive, fits in the already existing system of knowledge through social communication (Moscovici, 1984b; Jodelet,1989).

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  1. Groupdynamics essential in training is the fact that the point of the analysis is sent to the leading on the destruction of the obstacles and barriers that allegedly impeded the free development of consciousness. And no accident that in the jargon of coaches honorable place is occupied by expressions such as "removing protection" and "overcoming resistance", "breakthrough", etc. the Leading idea, inspiring adherents of this trend, apparently, is one in which the deepening, extension, enrichment, elevation, etc. is "for later", but in actual group process takes place only "thaw", "open", "roccapalumba", "revelation", "insight", "removing the barriers", etc. with all sorts of "removing the barriers" are not leading ("coach"), who avoids direct criticism of the participants, as a result of the collision positions of the participants themselves. Success here is ensured by the fact that the subject of the analysis is a single, common to all members of the group property, for all are co-participants and co-witness the dramatic episodes of group life, equal and caring supporters of various opinions about a single event, or more precisely, by native different interpretations of what is happening in the group. Additional factor of success is embedded in the group culture discussion happening within it.

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