1. The show I watched was Friends, and I enjoyed every minute of it. The two characters who played communication task roles where Ross and Rachel. Ross plays the role of opinion giver because he starts giving Phoebe relationship advice before she goes on her date. Rachel is an Elaborator because she tries to work out what time everyone should get together for Phoebes birthday dinner party. Ross’s role affected the group communication by Phoebe telling him he is a little bit of a drama queen and he should mind his own business. Rachel’s role affected the group communication by everyone in the group eventually settling on the perfect time for dinner; she really wanted to find the time so she can get a babysitter for her newly born baby.
2. There are eight group maintenance roles; encourager, harmonizer, emotion expresser, gatekeeper, compromiser, follower, group observer, and tension reliever. Encourager is being friendly to others in the group and helping members saying, “You’re doing a great job.” Harmonizer is someone who helps disagreeing people get along. Emotion Expresser is someone who expresses how they feel about the subject or even about others …show more content…
A self-centered role is someone who only cares about themselves. Self-centered roles distract the group from its goals by not taking the group and the assignment too seriously. For example, they don’t listen to what the talker is saying, they won’t stop talking about their own problems unrelated to the subject, and they never really participate in much. Another reason why self-centered roles distract the group from its goals is because they often become aggressors where they argue with other peoples’ ideas and also taking other people’s idea by making it their own. The last reason why self-centered roles distract the group from its goals is by always being negative about everything. For example, being negative falls under the role of the blocker; someone who disagrees about someone’s ideas with no reason to do
2. There are eight group maintenance roles; encourager, harmonizer, emotion expresser, gatekeeper, compromiser, follower, group observer, and tension reliever. Encourager is being friendly to others in the group and helping members saying, “You’re doing a great job.” Harmonizer is someone who helps disagreeing people get along. Emotion Expresser is someone who expresses how they feel about the subject or even about others …show more content…
A self-centered role is someone who only cares about themselves. Self-centered roles distract the group from its goals by not taking the group and the assignment too seriously. For example, they don’t listen to what the talker is saying, they won’t stop talking about their own problems unrelated to the subject, and they never really participate in much. Another reason why self-centered roles distract the group from its goals is because they often become aggressors where they argue with other peoples’ ideas and also taking other people’s idea by making it their own. The last reason why self-centered roles distract the group from its goals is by always being negative about everything. For example, being negative falls under the role of the blocker; someone who disagrees about someone’s ideas with no reason to do