military service, 157–61, 168–69, 170–71
and power of optimism, 31
and rape investigations, 89–91, 95
generational change, 154
genocide, 122–23
geologic time, 4
Goddard, Martha, 89–91, 95, 98, 102, 106, 186
Google, 42–43
grades, 259n. See also education
gradual/incremental change, 69–72
Graham, Martha, 19
grassroots movements, 113
Gray, Asa, 7
GripTape Challenge, 177–79, 259n
grit, 31. See also perseverance
group identity and dynamics
balancing conformity and uniqueness, 83
behaviors based on, 26–27
and dependence on status quo, 27–30
and entrenched social conventions, 154
fostering creativity, 254n
fostering diversity, 160–61, 161–65
and groupthink, 65
influence of dissenting opinions, 47–48, 67, 166–70, 218n
insider/in-group status, 44–45, 61–63, 69–72, 71
and intergroup bias, 166
and keys to persuasion, 72
and nemeses, 239–40n
and relationship transitions, 111
and self-distancing, 143–44
and shifts in majority/minority status, 116–19, 117–18, 240–41n
and system justification theory, 22–24, 240n
and threshold of change, 53
threshold of group change, 53
See also minority groups and status
growth orientation, 80
gun violence and safety, 41–42, 62–63
H
Hadzigeorgiou, Yannis, 184
handwashing, 63–64
