group cohesion

Question 1

what is cohesion?

Answer 1

desire of group members to achieve their goals

Question 2

what is Co-action?

Answer 2

when everyone completes the task at the same time but separately. e.g a rowing team pulling together.

Question 3

the factors that may affect cohesion are known as?

Answer 3

Carrons Antecendents

Question 4

what are the 4 main influences on a team that may influence cohesion?

Answer 4

• environment factors (group size, geography, constractual obligations).
• Personal factors (group similarity, gender, aspiration/ satisfaction).
• Team factors (ability, stability, desire for success, shared experiences).
• Leadership factors (leader style, leader- team relationship).

Question 5

what is task cohesion?

Answer 5

individuals working together to achieve an end result/ common goal.

Question 6

what is social cohesion?

Answer 6

individuals relating to each other to interact in the group.

Question 7

list things that can cause a lack of cohesion (6 things)

Answer 7

1- poor tactics
2- Lack of communication
3- Misunderstanding of roles or the coaches instructions
4- bad timing
5- poor stategories
6- Social loafing

Question 8

cohesion is affected by?:

Answer 8

communication
past success
sharing common goals
personality

Question 9

what is actual productivity?

Answer 9

the performance of the team during the game, the result: a win

Question 10

what is potential Productivity?

Answer 10

the groups best performance/ maximum capability when at optimal cohesiveness

Question 11

what are faulty processes?

Answer 11

factors that go wrong and reduce cohesiveness.

Question 12

what is the Ringlemann effect?

Answer 12

when group performance decreases with group size.