Week 4 Flashcards

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Definition of roles

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-a set of behaviours expected of a person occupying a specific social context

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What are the 2 integrated approaches to understanding roles of a team

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-role “functions”
-role “responsibilities”

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What are role “functions”

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-what the various roles provide to the team
-what they bring to the table etc.

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What are role “responsibilities”

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-how responsibilities are determined
-what is expected of people holding this role

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What are the different types of role “functions”

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-specialized task role
-auxiliary task role
-social role
-leadership role

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Specialized task role

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-proficiency with a specific skill set

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Example of a specialized task role

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-setter in volleyball

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Auxiliary task role

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-supplement/augment specialized roles

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Example of an auxiliary task role

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-energy player

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Social role

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-interpersonal harmony of team

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Leadership role

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-guide teammates towards task and social objectives

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Types of leadership roles

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-formal
-informal

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Types of role “responsibilities”

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-formal roles
-informal roles

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Formal roles

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-expectations are specially communicated to role occupant

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How is information transferred for formal roles

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-role episode model

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People involved in role episode model

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-role sender (coach)
-focal person (athlete)

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What factors are considered in context of the role sender

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-expectations
-pressures

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Expectations of role sender

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-what expectations they have for their athletes

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Pressures of the role sender

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-put pressure on the individual stemming from the expectations

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What factors are considered in context of the focal person

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-experience
-response

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Experience of the focal person

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-how they experience the pressure from the role sender

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Response of the focal person

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-how they decide to respond to this pressure

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What factors externally impact the role sender and focal person

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-interpersonal factors
-organizational factors
-personality factors

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How are informal roles created

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-product of interactions and observations from team member
-typically supplement or resist formal role structure

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What do informal roles seem to be related to
-personality characteristics
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Example of how informal roles are related to personality characteristics
-team comedians typically extraverted -team distractors less consciencetious/dependable
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What is included on the continuum of usefulness from least useful to most useful
-bad apple -distracter -comedian -social convener -spark plug -team player -mentor
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What are the different categories in which athletes experience roles
-role behaviour -role affect -role cognitions
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What is included under role behaviour
-role performance
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Definition of role performance
-typically evaluated by subjective coach ratings of the effectiveness with which athletes have executed their role responsibilities
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What is included under role affect
-role satisfaction
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Definition of role satisfaction
-satisfaction with the degree to which their role: utilizes skill set, has significance for their team, was personally meaningful, was evaluated in terms of execution, allowed for autonomy, and was recognized as important by others
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What does improved role affect increase
-perceptions of task cohesion -role efficacy -role clarity
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What is included under role cognitions
-role clarity -role efficacy -role conflict -role commitment
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Definition of role clarity
-scope of responsibilities -the behaviours necessary -how performance will be evaluated -consequences of not meeting expectations
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Definition of role efficacy
-athletes beliefs in their abilities to fulfill interdependent role expectations -associated with role performances
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Definition of role conflict
-incongruent expectations for role ressponsibilities
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What are the different types of role conflict
-intra-sender conflict -inter-sender conflict -inter-role conflict -person-role conflict
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Intra-sender conflict
-reception of conflicting role information from one source
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Inter-sender conflict
-two or more role senders communicate conflicting information to an athlete
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Inter-role conflict
-two or more roles cause interference for an individuals ability to meet expectations of at least one of those roles
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Person-role conflict
-individuals values and motivation do not match expected role
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Definition of role commitment
-dynamic and volitional psychological bond reflected in the dedication to and responsibility for one's role
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What is role commitment influenced by
-internal and external forces
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What are norms
-reflect a set of assumptions held by members of a group concerning behaviour that is expected of other members
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Why are norms essential to groups
-they provide social structure and represent one of the key features that distinguishes a group from a random collection of individuals
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What do appropriate norms elicit
-verbal appreciation -greater prestige in the group -increased group acceptance
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What do inappropriate norms elicit
-verbal criticism -ostracism -physical abuse -expulsion from group
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Categories in which group norms can be considered under
-appropriateness -expectations -general types -general settings
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Types of appropriateness of group norms
-prescribed -proscribed
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Prescribed group norms
-sets the standards for behaviours -set of standards you accept and agree with
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Example of prescribed group norm
-arriving early to practice
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Proscribed group norms
-described behaviours that are inappropriate
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Examples of proscribed group norm
-arrive late -hazing
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Types of expectations of group norms
-preferred -permissive
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Preferred group norms
-desired but not required
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Examples of preferred group norms
-prosocial behaviours towards teammates
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Permissive group norms
-permitted but not expected
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Examples of permissive group norms
-antisocial behaviours towards opponents
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General types of group norms
-punctuality -focus/concentration -dress code -support teammates -effort
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General settings of group norms
-practice -competition -social situations -off-season
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Types of importance of group norms
-informative -integrative
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Importance of informative group norms
-identify behavioural standards
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Importance of integrative group norms
-knowing standards enables understanding of group values, priorities, and facilitates adjustment
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Importance of informative and integrative group norms together
-facilitate performance -establish shared reality/expectations -help avoid/curtail problems -promote/sustain group values
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General characteristics of group norms
-descriptive -evaluative -informal -unobtrusive -flexible -internalized -stable
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Descriptive
-norms represent the groups beliefs
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Evaluative
-norms put priorities on things
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Informal
-norms are rarely formally laid out
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Unobtrusive
-norms are typically taken for granted until violated
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Flexible
-norms permit for minor deviations in behaviour
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Internalized
-norms are adhered to volitionally
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Stable
-norms take a long time (and effort) to change
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Rules of thumb for conformity to norms
-number of people in the outgroup -number of ingroup members in support -ambiguity of norms -leadership relevance
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Number of people in the outgroup
-conformity/importance increases as number of outgroups increases
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Number of ingroup members in support
-conformity/importance increases as number of supporters increases
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Ambiguity of norms
-conformity/importance decreases as ambiguity increases
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Leadership relevance
-conformity/importance increases as leadership becomes more democratic
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What is a study that demonstrates how norms can be bad
-graupensperger -did a series of studies involving student-athlete health-risk behaviours
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What did graupensperger conclude
-athletes with high identity are more likely to conform to teammate behaviours -athletes who percieved higher levels of peer acceptance held riskier attitudes -association between self-reported alcohol use and subjective peer alcohol use norms
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What were the 8 themes of the new zealand all blacks team
-critical turning points -flexible/evolving climate -dual-management model -better people make better all blacks -responsibility -leadership -expectation of excellence -team cohesion