CH5 COHESION AND DEVELOPMENT

Question 1

5 antecedents of cohesion

Answer 1

1. interpersonal attraction
2. stability of membership
3. group size
4. structural features
5. initiations

Question 2

Groups are often formed
when individuals develop
feelings of attraction for one
another. It can turn the
rudimentary group into a
highly cohesive one.

Answer 2

interpersonal attraction

Question 3

Cohesiveness tends to
increase the longer members
remain in the group

Answer 3

stability of membership

Question 4

group whose
boundaries are so permeable
that membership varies
considerably as members
enter and leave the group

Answer 4

open group

Question 5

group
whose boundaries are closed
and fixed; as a result,
membership is relatively
unvarying.

Answer 5

closed group

Question 6

As the group increases in
size, the number of possible
relations among individuals
increases so rapidly that
members can no longer
maintain strong, positive ties
with all the group members.

Answer 6

group size

Question 7

Cohesive groups tend to be
relatively more structured
ones.

Answer 7

structural features

Question 8

Formal/Informal
requirements that must be
met before an individual can
gain membership in a group

Answer 8

initiations

Question 9

adverse psychological state
that occurs when an
individual simultaneously
holds two conflicting
cognitions.

Answer 9

cognitive dissonance

Question 10

forces
that keep groups intact by pushing
members together as well as the
countering forces that push them
apart.

Answer 10

cohesion

Question 11

the total field of
forces which act on members to
remain in the group.

Answer 11

group cohesion

Question 12

one force
focused when measuring
cohesion

Answer 12

attraction

Question 13

4 components of cohesion

Answer 13

1. social cohesion
2. task cohesion
3. perceived cohesion
4. emotional cohesion

Question 14

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A liking for other group
members that is based on
their status as typical group
members
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Based on admiration for
individuals who possess the
kinds of qualities that typify
the group

Answer 14

social cohesion

Question 15

Capacity to perform
successfully as a coordinated
unit and as part of the group

Answer 15

task cohesion

Question 16

combined
activities of two or more
individuals who coordinate
their efforts to make or do
tasks.

Answer 16

teamwork

Question 17

shared
believe among members that
the group is capable of
organizing and executing the
actions required to attain the
group’s goals and
successfully complete its
tasks

Answer 17

collective efficacy

Question 18

how unified the
group appears to be to the
perceiver

Answer 18

entitativity (perceived cohesion)

Question 19

Emotional intensity of its
members

Answer 19

emotional cohesion

Question 20

feeling of
unity, commitment,
confidence, and enthusiasm
for the group shared by most
or all of the members

Answer 20

esprit de corps (positive affective tone)

Question 21

specifies the usual order of the
phases of group development
- ex. tuckman’s group development theory

Answer 21

successive-stage theory

Question 22

assumes that
group members strive to maintain a
balance between accomplishing the
task and enhancing the quality of the
interpersonal relationships within the
group.
➢ Group cycle
back-and-forth between
Norming and Performing
stages

Answer 22

equilibrium model

Question 23

groups often go through periods of
relatively rapid change.

Answer 23

punctuated equilibrium model

Question 24

3 consequences of cohesion

Answer 24

1. member satisfaction and adjustment
2. group dynamics and influence
3. group productivity