Part 5: Understanding group processes in Sport and Exercises Flashcards
group or team
collection of individuals who have relation to one another that make them interdependent to som significant degree - importance of awareness, continuity
Group
group or team
People who must interact with each other to achieve a shared objective
team
the best sports players wont make a successful team
- what else do they need
- team cohesion
- leadership
Steiner’s 1972 model of group of performance has four parts
what are they
- actual productivity
- Potential productivity
- Process
- Faulty process
what are the two losses in the Steiner’s 1972 group model
Coordination losses
motivation losses
what is the ringelmann effect
average individual performance decrease with an increase in group size
was the Ringelmann effect caused by motivation or coordination losses
motivation
faulty process conclusion from ringelmann effect
- coordination links ____ as group size ______
increase, increase
social loafing
_______ individual effort when performing as part of group
reduce
why does social loafing occur
people don’t feel identifiable as an individual
- lack of accountability
in the Everett swim study
when individual times were annouced - did individuals swam faster in relay or individual races
relays
what are some practical impliactions for social loafing
- individual perfromance not only factor in team selection
- need role
what are three important things about the defination of cohesion
dynamic process
instrumental objectives
affective needs
what are the two types of cohesion
social
task
social or task cohesion -
degree to which team members work together to achieve a specific and identifiable task
task
what is the relationship between social and task cohesion and performane
positive
what is a co-active dependence type of team and example
members perform similar tasks simultaneously for success
rowing
what is reactive and proactive dependence type of team
and what is an example
one member initiates action another completes it
e.g. cricket
interactive dependance and what example of sport
members mutually dependent on each other for success
e.g. hockey
wha dependence has the greatest level of cohesion
interactive
- because have to rely of team mates
what dependence has social and task cohesion positively related to performance
interactive
how do you develop task cohesion - teamwork
- good communication
- team goal setting
- role clarity and acceptance
- group norms
how do you develop social cohesion - teamspirit
- group idenity
- get to know each other - avoid clique
