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group |
a collection of 2 or more people who share some kind of relationship, communicate in an interdependent way and collaborate toward some shared purpose |
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mary groups |
long lasting groups that form around the relationships that mean the most to their members |
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support group |
a set of individuals who come together to address personal problems while benefiting from the support of others with similar issues |
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social group |
as membership in the group offers opportunities to form relationships with others |
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problem solving group |
a group with a specific mission to help members manage their struggles with alcohol and addiction |
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study groups |
formed for the specific purpose of helping students prepare for the exams |
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focus group |
set of individuals asked by a researcher to come together to give an opinion on a specific issue |
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team |
a group that works together to carry out a project or a specific endeavor or compete against other teams |
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self directed work team |
a group of skilled workers who take responsibility for producing high quality finished work |
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forming |
group members try to negotiate who will be in charge and what the groups goal will be |
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storming |
group members inevitably begin experiencing conflicts over issues such as who will lead a group and what rolls members will play |
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norming |
norms merge among members that govern expected behavior |
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preforming |
members combine their skills and knowledge to work towards the groups goal and overcome hurdles |
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adjourning |
for groups or projects that have come to an end |
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cliques |
small subgroups of individuals who have bonded together within a group |
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countercoalitions |
one subgroup positions itself against another on an issue, can leave anyone who isn't affiliated with a subgroup in a very awkward position |
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social loafing |
failing to invest the same level of effort in the group that they'd put in if they were working alone or with one other person |
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networks |
patterns of interaction governing who speaks with whom in a group and about what |
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chain network |
info passed from one member to the next rather than shared among members |
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all channel network |
all members are an equal distance from one another and all members interact with each other |
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wheel network |
one individual acts as a touchstone for all the others in the group all group members are their info with that one individual who then shares the info w the rest of the group |
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task roles |
concerned with the accomplishment of the groups goals, specifically the activities that need to be carried out to achieve a goal |
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social roles |
some group roles evolve to reflect individual members personality traits and interests |
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anti group roles |
unlike task and social roles create problem because they serve individual members priorities at the expense of group needs |
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role conflict |
arises in a group whenever expectations for a members behavior are inompatible |
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cohesion |
the degree to which group members have bonded like each other and consider themselves to be one entity |
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group think |
a situation in which members strive to maintain cohesiveness and minimize conflict by feuding to critically examine ideas |
