Have you been hated by your own frat house members?
Thursday, January 3, 2008
I read something on Greek Chat today that got me thinking about in-group and out group behavior, and also the quality of greek meetings. A frat brother transferred from one chapter to another, and found that he had problem relating to more than 90% of the "native" members.
There are a few options available to him which include 1. Go with the flow. 2. Become inactive, and graduate as an alum in good standing. Or 3. Drop out.
The in-group / out-group effect in social categorization has long been documented by psychologists. We like in-group members much more than out-group members, the word"We" has positive connotations; "we" automatically activates positive associations. In many cases this liking depends merely on the knowledge of shared group membership.Not only that, people have a tendency to view all outgroup members as homogeneous.
Another member provided a very plausible diagnosis of the situation, which he believed that the apathy in itself is not the problem but a symptom of other problems. They may include overprogramming, events that are not of high quality and poorly-run meetings.
Have you ever been hated by our own frat brothers / sorority sisters? Please share it here.
There are a few options available to him which include 1. Go with the flow. 2. Become inactive, and graduate as an alum in good standing. Or 3. Drop out.
The in-group / out-group effect in social categorization has long been documented by psychologists. We like in-group members much more than out-group members, the word"We" has positive connotations; "we" automatically activates positive associations. In many cases this liking depends merely on the knowledge of shared group membership.Not only that, people have a tendency to view all outgroup members as homogeneous.
Another member provided a very plausible diagnosis of the situation, which he believed that the apathy in itself is not the problem but a symptom of other problems. They may include overprogramming, events that are not of high quality and poorly-run meetings.
Have you ever been hated by our own frat brothers / sorority sisters? Please share it here.
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