Ch. 7 - Group and Team Dynamics

Question 1

Define “Group”

Answer 1

Collection of 2 or more mutually interacting individuals

Question 2

Define “Team” and what it must consist of.

Answer 2

• personal or task interdependence
• sense of shared purposes/objectives
• collective identity
• specified roles (ex: position in sport)
• structured modes of communication
• norms

Question 3

What are the stages of Group Development?

Answer 3

Forming
Storming
Norming
Performing
Adjourning

Question 4

Define each stage of group development.

Answer 4

Forming - beginning of the season & seeing how a team operates

Storming-where conflicts occur, but this is normal in sports (ex: who will start? Captain?”

Norming - the tensions and conflicts resolve here

Performing - instead of focusing inward, focus outward to competition

Adjourning - End of season and having decreased contact with teammates or coaches (ex: some transfer, graduate, etc.)

Question 5

Can you fall back in stages during group development?

Answer 5

Yes.

Question 6

In what stages is it most common for there to be fallback in Group Development?

Answer 6

most commonly with storming and norming

Question 7

What are 2 important things to have for Group Structure?

Answer 7

Roles and Norms

Question 8

Describe Group Roles.

Answer 8

behaviors required or expected of a person occupying a certain position

Question 9

What are the 2 types of group roles?

Answer 9

• Formal Roles (ex: coach, captain, etc.)

- Informal Roles: forcer or intimitador (ex: comedian of group, distractor, etc.)

Question 10

Describe Group Norms.

Answer 10

a level of performance, pattern or behavior or belief (ex: expectations or patterns like showing up early or not drinking)

Question 11

What are some factors that influence Team Climate?

Answer 11

Social Support
Proximity
Distinctiveness
Fairness
Similarity

Question 12

Describe Social Support in developing an effective team climate.

Answer 12

Being able to create a social support to facilitate team cohesion.

Question 13

Describe Proximity in developing an effective team climate.

Answer 13

Proximity is how easy it is to have cohesion, so closer proximity would make a greater climate. (Ex: bonding with teammates on a road trip or in the locker room)

Question 14

Describe Distinctiveness in developing an effective team climate.

Answer 14

the greater the group feels distinctiveness, the better the climate (ex: group motto’s, traditions, slogans, uniforms)

Question 15

Describe Fairness in developing an effective team climate.

Answer 15

being evaluated evenly and objectively with everyone can bring a group closer together

Question 16

Describe Similarity in developing an effective team climate.

Answer 16

greater the similarity, then greater the climate (ex: similar attitudes, commitments, aspirations, etc.)

Question 17

What is the Basic Principle for individual and team performance?

Answer 17

the individual abilities of team members are often not good predictors of how a team will perform

Question 18

Define Steiner’s Model.

Answer 18

• • Shows that actual productivity is potential productivity - losses attributable to faulty group processes
• • Also shows that loses result from motivation and coordination (timing, movement patterns)

Question 19

Describe the Ringelmann Effect.

Answer 19

This the phenomenon by which individual performance decreases as the number of people in the group increases.

Question 20

Describe Social Loafing.

Answer 20

An individual within a group/team putting far less than 100% effort in due to motivation losses

Question 21

How can you reduce or eliminate social loafing?

Answer 21

• Increase Identifiability (ex: videotape to make sure they are doing their responsibilities for their role)
• Determine specific situations where social loafing occurs (like example above)