Group development and structure Flashcards
The initial stage where the group takes shape, ground rules established and members become acquainted is called?
Forming
The stage of group development where members compete for attractive roles and positions within the group is called?
Storming
At what stage in group development can intra-group conflict occur?
Storming
At what stage in group development does group cohesiveness start to occur?
Norming
The stage where members develop a common perspective about how the group will operate is called?
Norming
Where the group concentrates on carrying out its major tasks and shared goals is called?
Performing
Once goals have been attained, members may have no reason for remaining in groups thus they disband but sometimes it remains. At what stage is this?
Adjourning
Are the five stages of group development mentioned universal?
No
The stability and enduring nature of the organizational framework within a group is called?
Relative permanence of group structure
An instance where some people leave certain institutions but they remain and continue to function is called?
Relative permanence of group structure
Where a group tends to outlive its members is called?
relative permanence of group structure
The regular stable patterns of behavior between members is called?
Group structure
What are the four factors in determining a group’s structure?
Roles
Norms
Status
Cohesiveness
Shared expectations in a group about how particular people are supposed to behave is called?
Roles
What are the two common role distinctions?
The group task specialist
The social-emotional specialist
The individual who focuses on reducing interpersonal friction and is in charge of maintaining good relations between members in a group is called?
social-emotional specialist
………..specify how people who occupy certain positions in a group should behave.
Roles
Uncertainty experienced about what one is expected to do especially in situations that the person is new to is called?
Role ambiguity
Where one has to play multiple roles concurrently is called?
Role conflict
Standards of behavior and belief established and enforced by a group to regulate members’ behaviors is called?
Norms
Norms can either be
Proscriptive or prescriptive
Prescriptive norms indicate
what individuals should do
Proscriptive norms indicate
what individuals should not do
The distribution of power among group members or a person’s position of social rank within a group is called?
Status
…………refers to a social position that an individual is born into or receives involuntarily later in life.
Ascribed status
A social position an individual attains largely through their own efforts is called?
Achieved status
All roles are equal with respect to prestige or status, true or false?
False
The overall level of attraction of the members to a group is called?
Cohesiveness
The greater the cost of getting into a group, the higher the members’ attraction to it. Which term implies this?
initiation severity effect
“The harder we work for a thing, the higher our evaluation of it” …what term is this?
Initiation severity effect
