Cohesion & Development

Question 1

Combined activities of two or more individuals who coordinate their efforts to make or do something.

Answer 1

Teamwork

Question 2

Belief, shared among a substantial portion of the group 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 2

Collective efficacy

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Esprit de corps

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

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

Answer 6

Cognitive dissonance

Question 7

Initiation into a group that subjects the new
member to mental or physical discomfort, harassment, embarrassment, ridicule, or humiliation.

Answer 7

Hazing

Question 8

Conceptual analysis of group development, proposed by Robert Bales, that assumes the
focus of a group shifts back and forth between the group’s tasks and the interpersonal relationships among group members.

Answer 8

Equilibrium model

Question 9

Group development theory that assumes groups change gradually over time but that the periods of slow growth are punctuated by
brief periods of relatively rapid change.

Answer 9

Punctuated equilibrium model

Question 10

Symptoms of psychological disturbance, including depression, anxiety, and guilt, exhibited by noncommissioned officers in cohesive units that suffer heavy casualities

Answer 10

Old sergeant syndrome