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14 Cards in this Set
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five stage model
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Forming
storming norming performing adjourning |
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punctuated-equilibirum
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a set of phases that temporary groups go through that involves transitions between inertia and activity.
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zimbardo experiment
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prisoners/guards quickly adhered to respective stereotyped roles. students set into learned stereotyped conceptions from mass media/personal experiences. this allowed them to easily assume roles very different from inherent personalities
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roles
role perception role expectations |
a set of expected behavior patterns attributed to someone occupying a given position in a social unit
an individual's view of how he or she is supposed to act in a given situation how others believe a person should act in a given situation |
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norms
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acceptable standards of behavior within a group that are shared by the group's members
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Hawthorne studies
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illumination => brightness changes increased productivity
special group => increased productivity and cut absenteeism groups determined levels of fair output and established norms for individual work rates that conformed with output |
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conformity
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group members desire acceptance by the group, and thus, are susceptible to conforming to the group's norms.
in contradictory settings, members conform to the group they desire to be a part of called 'reference groups' |
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asch study
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75% of unsuspecting subjects gave at least one wrong answer to conform with the group.
group norms press us toward conformity. we avoid being visibly different |
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higher status group members influenced by
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the power he wields over others
his ability to contribute to the group's goals personal characteristics |
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status and norms
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the higher a person's status, the less need he feels conform to group norms
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consequences of differences in group statuses
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inhibit diversity of ideas and creativity in groups. lower-level group members tend to participate less, even if they have insightful contributions
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group size efficacy
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smaller groups are good at completing small tasks
larger groups take longer for said tasks, but excel in problem solving scenarios. [more diverse views are provided] |
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social loafing
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the tendency for individuals to expend less effort when working collectively than when working individually.
caused by the belief that others are not carrying their fair share. members then reduce their own exertion dispersion of responsibility |
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cohesiveness => affects productivity
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high cohesiveness/high performance norms => HIGH PRODUCTIVITY
high cohesiveness/low performance norms => LOW PRODUCTIVITY low cohesiveness/high performance norms =>MODERATE PRODUCTIVITY low cohesiveness/low performance norms => MODERATE TO LOW PRODUCTIVITY |