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The phenomena of social reality
Tina Kumelj & Barbara Turk
Full text (pdf) | Views: 32 | Written in Slovene. | Published: December 1, 2000
Abstract: Social reality originates from social interaction in a social group. It is consolidated with social consensus. It is transcendent and relatively stable. Social reality is maintained in relatively isolated, balanced social environment. Majority of members in a social group spontaneously reacts to deviations. These are characteristics which many authors contribute to social reality. If social reality is to be understood as a collection of social-psychological phenomena, of which the important factor is structuring of environment, then these phenomena have to have similar characteristics as social reality itself. In this article various definitions of selected phenomena are presented, such as social norms, group values, stereotypes, prejudice, social representations, etc. The article contends that despite of lack of clear definitions, we can find views that connect the aforementioned characteristics to social-psychological phenomena.
Keywords: social reality, social-psychological phenomena, norms, values, stereotypes, prejudice, social representations, organisational culture
