Team Dynamics

Question 1

What is the difference between groups and teams?

Answer 1

Groups are two or more people who interact with and exert mutual influence on each other.

Teams are special types of groups
1. a collective sense of identity
2. distinctive roles
3. structured modes of communication
4. group norms

Question 2

What is teamwork?

Answer 2

a process involving collaborative effort by team members to effectively carry out their roles to succeed.

Question 3

What are the two primary components of teamwork?

Answer 3

Team maintenance
Regulation of team performance

Question 4

Team Maintenance

Answer 4

Psychological support
integrative conflict management

Question 5

Regulation of team performance

Answer 5

Preparation
execution
evaluation
adjustments

Question 6

What are the theories of group development

Answer 6

Linear perspective
Cyclical perspective
Pendular perspective

Question 7

Linear perspective

Answer 7

Assumes that groups progressively move through different stages

Forming
Storming
Norming
Performing

Question 8

Cyclical Perspective

Answer 8

Development of groups is similar to the life cycle: Birth, growth and death

EMPHASIZES THE TERMINAL PHASE OF THE GROUPS EXISTENCE.

Question 9

Pendular Perspective

Answer 9

Emphasizes the shifts that occur in interpersonal relationships during the growth and development of groups.

Question 10

What are five stages of group development?

Answer 10

Orientation
Differentiation and conflict
Resolution and cohesion
Differentiation and conflict
Termination

Question 11

How does team climate develop?

Answer 11

Team climate develops from how players perceive the interrelationship among the group members.

Question 12

What are some benefits from a social support?

Answer 12

Provides appraisal, information, reassurance, and companionship
Reduces uncertainty during times of stress
Aids in mental and physical recovery
Improves communication

Question 13

How do you create an effective team climate?

Answer 13

Proximity: Closer contact between members promotes team interaction
Distinctiveness: the more distinctive the group feels, the better the climate
Fairness: or lack of it - can bring a group closer
Greater similarity = closer climate
Task interdependence: Outcome interdependence refers to the fact that all group members benefit from the group performance

Question 14

Whaat is steiner’s model?

Answer 14

Actual productivity = potential productivity - losses due to fault group processes

Question 15

What are two types of losses that attribute to faulty group processes?

Answer 15

Motivation losses: Team members do not give 100% effort
Coordination Losses: Timing between teammates is off/ineffective strategies are used

Question 16

How does individual skills relate to group performance?

Answer 16

The greater the need for cooperation & interaction in a task
Importance of individual ability decreases
Importance of group productivity increases

Question 17

What kinds of teams tend to play best?

Answer 17

Teams of equal ability tend to play best

Question 18

What is the Kohler effect?

Answer 18

it occurs when a team’s score was equal to the least capable member
this can inspire the weak member to increase his or her effort so as not to let his or her teammates down.

Question 19

What is the Ringelmanan effect?

Answer 19

The phenomenon by which individual performance decrease as the number of people in the group increases?

Question 20

What is Social Loafing?

Answer 20

When individuals within a group or team put forth less than 100% effort because of losses in motivation due to large part to a diffusion of responsibility

Question 21

What is Cohesion?

Answer 21

The total field of forces which act on members to remain in the group

Question 22

What are the two distinct types of forces?

Answer 22

Attractiveness of the group : The individual desire for interpersonal interactions
Control: The benefit a member can derive by being associated with the group

Question 23

What is group cohesion?

Answer 23

A group to stick together and remain united

Question 24

What is Task Cohesion?

Answer 24

The degree to which group members work together to achieve common goals.

Question 25

What is social cohesion?

Answer 25

The degrees to which members of a team like each other.

Question 26

How does team satisfaction influence cohesion?

Answer 26

Increased cohesion -> related to increased satisfaction

Question 27

How does conformity influence cohesion?

Answer 27

More Cohesive group -> greater pressure to conform to the attitudes / behaviors of the group

Question 28

How does injury influence cohesion?

Answer 28

Injured athletes -> influence the group interaction processes between injured athletes and the rest of the team

Question 29

How is adherence associated with cohesion?

Answer 29

More cohesive exercise classes -> better attendance

Question 30

How is social support associated with cohesion?

Answer 30

higher social support an individual receives -> higher evaluation of group cohesion

Question 31

how is stability associated with cohesion?

Answer 31

Teams higher in cohesion can better resist disruption ; teams staying together longer tend to be more cohesive

Question 32

how is group goals associated with cohesion

Answer 32

Tied to group cohesion

Question 33

How is gender associated with cohesion?

Answer 33

Cohesion performance relationship as stronger for females than males

Question 34

What is a strategy for enhancing cohesion?

Answer 34

Exercise setting
Classes with feelings of high group cohesion have fewer dropouts and late arrivals