1. A. Explain the formation of groups via the cultivation of specific realities and how individuals with these realities (especially High Cost Realities) both protect these realities and evangelize others into these realties and what role Fundamentalism and Extremism play within these groups.
B. Explain the four main types/varieties of groups and give examples of each group type.
2. A. Explain the characteristics of Essence and of Entitativity in groups and what types of behavior are expected of each characteristic. Explain the interplay between the two characteristics using the following groups as examples: White / Black; Heterosexual (Straight) / Homosexual (Gay); or two others of your choosing.
B. Explain Deindividualization and the effect it has on adherence to group norms.
3. A. Explain the path of Deduced Preferences via Cognitive Dissonance Theory, Self-Perception Theory and Constraint Satisfaction.
B. Explain the method of implanting/creating False Memories via the Spreading-Activation Theory of Semantic Reasoning.
4. A. Explain the path of False Induction via Self-Signaling, Smudging and Bracketing.
B. Explain how the Deonic System (Rules-based behavior) can give rise to Placebo Identities.
5. A. Explain the Macro-Ritualization process (Nature->Human->Market->Technology) using Victor Turner’s World-Construction; World-Maintenance; Problem; Alienation; Expulsion process.
B. Explain the components of Ritual using Durkheim’s negative/positive cult and Randall Collins Interactive Ritual ingredients and outcomes.
6. A. Explain the difference between Purchasing the Symbolic and the Ritual Process (i.e. Performing in Front of the Symbolic) using Lacanian Theory and Lacanian Full Speech.
B. Explain the similarities between Ritual and Postmodernism.
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