Group success

Question 1

Define group

Answer 1

2 or more individuals interacting with each other via social relationships- often with a common objective

Question 2

What are the key characteristics of a group?

Answer 2

• 2 or more individuals
• Social relationship
• Interaction
• Common objective
• Interpersonal relationship

Question 3

What is a sociogram?

Answer 3

A chart that shows the inter relationship[s, connections and shared objectives that exist within a group

Question 4

Stars

Answer 4

Highly popular members

Question 5

Isolates

Answer 5

Infrequently chosen individuals

Question 6

Pairs

Answer 6

Reciprocal partners

Question 7

Clusters

Answer 7

Subgroups

Question 8

What is the point of doing a sociogram to a coach?

Answer 8

Allows the coach to examine the group dynamics that exist within a team

Question 9

Define group dynamics

Answer 9

The study of the interactive processes that occur between people in a group.

Question 10

What dynamic processes does a group develop as a result of interacting and influence between them?

Answer 10

• Norms
• Roles that individuals play within the group
• How the group develops
• The need to belong to the group
• The social influences on each other
• The effect on the behaviour of people within the group

Question 11

Describe Tuckman’s model of group development

Answer 11

-Model suggested that groups go through each of the stages while in a process of development and as a consequence of the norms, rules, relationships and effects on each other change and evolve
-Stages:
Forming, storming, norming, performing
-Groups may revert to an earlier stage such as if there’s a new coach

Question 12

Describe the forming stage

Answer 12

• Members of the team get to know each other

- Start to gain an understanding of the task

Question 13

Describe the storming stage

Answer 13

• Roles become established
• Ideas for solutions are put forward by individuals
• Different types of leader emerge

Question 14

Describe the norming stage

Answer 14

• Becoming stable and co operative
• Members agree the rules, behaviour, methods of working together
• Development of trust

Question 15

Describe the performing stage

Answer 15

Team works as a unit

Question 16

Define cohesion

Answer 16

The dynamic forces that cause a team to stick together

Question 17

Define task cohesion

Answer 17

Found in a group that is bound together in a drive to achieve a common objective, a focus on the task
E.g winning, gaining promotion

Question 18

Define social cohesion

Answer 18

Found in a group that is bound together by social bonds ,social interaction and relationships

Question 19

Carron proposed that cohesiveness is founded on 4 elements which are….

Answer 19

• Individual attractions to the group- task (how much a team member is involved with the groups task)
• Individual attractions to the group- social (how a team member feels about their personal social interaction with the group)
• Group integration-task (how much a team member feels that the group is focused)
• Group integration- social (how much a team member thinks that the group is unified socially)