Group Dynamics Chapter 1

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Group Dynamics

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The influential actions, processes, and changes that occur within and between groups; also, the scientific study of those processes.

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Group

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Two or more individuals who are connected by and within social relationships.

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Membership

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The state of belonging to, or being included in a social group; also, the collective body of all members of a group.

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Social network

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A set of interpersonally interconnected individuals or groups

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Online group

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Two or more individuals who interact with each other solely or primarily through computer-based information technologies rather than through face-to-face interactions.

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Offline group

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Two or more individuals whose interaction with each other occur primarily or solely in conventional, face-to-face situations and not computer based.

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Task interaction

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The conjointly adjusted actions of group members that pertain to the groups projects, tasks, and goals.

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Relationship interaction

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The conjointly adjusted actions of group members that relate to or influence the nature and strength of the emotional and interpersonal bonds within the groups, including both sustaining and undermining actions.

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Interdependence

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Mutual dependence, as when one's outcomes, actions, thoughts, feelings, and experiences are influenced to some degree, by other people.

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Structure

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Group members are not connected to one another at random, but in organized and predictable patterns. In all but the most ephemeral groups, patterns, and regularities emerge that determine the kinds of actions that are permitted or condemned: who talks to whom, who likes whom.

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Group structure

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The persistent and interrelated features of a group, such as roles and norms, that influence the functioning of the group as a whole and create regularities in the interaction of its members.

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Role

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A socially shared set of behaviors, characteristics, and responsibilities expected of people who occupy a particular position or type of position within a group; by enacting roles, individuals establish regular patterns of exchange with one another that increase predictability.

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Norm

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A consensual and often implicit standard that describes what behaviors should and should not be performed in a given context.

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Group cohesion

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The solidarity or unity of a group.

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Primary group

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A small, long-term group characterized by frequent interaction, solidarity, and high levels of interdependence among members that substantially influences attitudes of its members.

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Social group

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Social identity

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Collective

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Social category

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Enitiativity

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Thomas Theorem

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Level of analysis

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Group fallacy

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Group mind

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B=f (P, E)

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Group development

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Multilevel perspective

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Action research

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