Group development and structure Flashcards

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The initial stage where the group takes shape, ground rules established and members become acquainted is called?

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Forming

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The stage of group development where members compete for attractive roles and positions within the group is called?

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Storming

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At what stage of group development is intra-group conflict likely to occur?

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Storming stage

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At what stage do members develop a common perspective about how a group will operate?

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Norming stage

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At what stage do group members adopt shared rules and feelings of attachment to the group intensifies?

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Norming stage

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The stage where the group concentrates on carrying out its major tasks and shared goals is called?

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Performing stage

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The stage at which goals have been attained and members may disband depending of the level of cohesiveness is called?

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Adjourning

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Relative permanency of a group structure basically means

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a group tends to outlive its members example is a church, a corporate institution

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A regular stable patterns of behavior between members is called?

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Group structure

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10
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Group structure develops quickly but changes slowly. True or false?

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True

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What are the four factors or pillars crucial in determining a group’s structure?

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Roles, Norms, Status and Cohesiveness

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Shared expectations in a group about how particular people are supposed to behave is called?

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Roles

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The cluster of feelings of socially defined expectations that individuals in a given situation are supposed to fulfill is called?

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roles

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14
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What are the two common role distinctions?

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The group task specialist and the social-emotional specialist

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Where the individual focuses on reducing interpersonal friction and has in charge of maintaining good relations is called?

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Social-emotional specialist

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16
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Whereas norms specify how all group members should act, times specify…

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how people who occupy certain positions in a group should behave.

17
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People’s specific roles define their behaviors, true or false?

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Where there is uncertainty experienced about what one is expected to do in situations where the person is new to is called?

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Role ambiguity

19
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Where one has to play multiple rules concurrently is called?

A

Role conflict

20
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The standards of behavior and belief established and enforced by a group is called?

21
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Prescriptive norms indicates….?

A

what individuals should do

22
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Proscriptive norms indicate…..?

A

What individuals cannot do

23
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A person’s position of social rank within a group is called?

24
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Ascribed status is

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inherent in a person

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Achieved status is
derived from a person’s achievement
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A result of all the forces causing members to be in a group is called?
Cohesiveness
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The overall level of attraction of members to a group is called?
Cohesiveness
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The initiation severity effect implies that…?
the greater the cost of getting into a group to begin with, the higher the members attraction to it
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Groups facing an external threat or severe competition are higher/lower in cohesiveness than those not confronting such conditions.
higher
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Threats make members realize that the group represents their best chance of survival, true or false?
True
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Groups that have a history of successes are generally less cohesive than those that do not. True/false
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Smaller groups have lower cohesiveness…true or false?
false
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The smaller the group….?
the higher the cohesiveness
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Who do small groups have higher cohesiveness?
there is more interaction as compared to larger groups
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Can material rewards increase cohesiveness?
Yes