Module 2 Flashcards
Groups in the community FROCSS
Family and friendship groups
Religious groups
Other specific groups
Cultural groups
Sporting and leisure groups
Study and work groups
Reasons for group formation: Lovely Girls Rock Country SOngSSSS
Locality/geography
Gender
Religion
Culture
Other
Security
Specific needs
Shared interests
Social interactions
Role: Achiever
Ensure the group achieves a goal or completes a task in a timely manner. These people are goal orientated. Leaders
E.g school captions, judges
Role: Builder
Socioemotional people
Build and mantian relationships within the group
Focus on making sure people in the group are ok
Making sure people are working collaboratively
E.g Year advisors
Mediators
Role destructors
Makes sures goals are not achieveds
Distracting others
Forces others to be impulsive and make poor decisions.
E.g Class clown
Norms definition
A standard or pattern of behaviour that is considered normal in a particular society
Conformity definition
Compliance with standards, rules or laws in the groups
Cohesivenes
The act, processes or conditions of cohering
Factors that affect the roles people take in groups: CHEPSSS
Culture
Heredity
Education
Previous experience
Sense of belonging
Self confidence
Self esteem
Example imact of culture on someones role.
A Negative impact: Take away from building relationships. If people have vast ethically and cultural difference It may be harm to form relationship and maintain group cohesion.
Positive impact: Culture can created Achieving roles as people can share diverse point of views.
Social factors that contribute to the roles: GRAM
Gender expectations: Preconvieved ideas about the role that genders should take
Relationships with groups members: A connected group can be more effective
Attitudes of group members: Our acceptance within a group how motivated in the group one is.
