Workshop 4 - Interpersonal dynamics

Question 1

What are social styles?

Answer 1

Established patterns of social behaviours

Question 2

What does the ‘driver’ social style involve?

Answer 2

Telling + controlled = DRIVER

- objective, decisive, determined and display a strong need for results

Question 3

What does the ‘expressive’ social style involve?

Answer 3

Telling + emotive = EXPRESSIVE

- Spontaneous, stimulating and display a strong need for social recognition

Question 4

What does the ‘amiable’ social style involve?

Answer 4

Asking + emotive = AMIABLE

- easy going, cooperative and display a strong need to maintain relationships

Question 5

What does the ‘analytic’ social style involve?

Answer 5

Asking + controlled = ANALYTIC

- Detail-oriented, persistent and display a strong need to be right

Question 6

What does the interpersonal circumplex model do?

Answer 6

Identifies how individuals relate to one another on 2 important dimensions: dominant vs submissive and distant vs close

Question 7

What is an emotion?

Answer 7

Intense, relatively short-term affective reactions to a specific situation e.g. I am happy because I got a job offer

Question 8

What is a mood?

Answer 8

Weaker, longer term reactions that can develop for no specific cause e.g. I am feeling good today for no reason

Question 9

What are the stages of the mood contagion?

Answer 9

1) an individual is exposed to the moods of another person
2) the expression of emotions is perceived by an individual through both verbal and non verbal communication
3) emotions are transferred to the other person, may mimic facial expressions, body language etc

Question 10

What are team norms?

Answer 10

Interpersonal rules that members are expected to follow