CMST 2H03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Energizer, Clarifier, Suggestibility
22 Apr 2018
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What is a group: a small collection of people whose members interact with each other, usually face-to- face, over time in order to reach goals. Goals of groups and their members: individual goals. The motives of individual members that influence their behaviour in groups. Social orientation: individual goals that involve affiliation, influence, add esteem of others: group goals. Goals that a group collectively seeks to accomplish. Hidden agenda: an individual goal that group members are unwilling to reveal. Characteristics of groups: rules and norms, rules: explicit, officially stated guidelines that govern what the group is supposed to do and how the members should behave, norms: shared values, beliefs, behaviours, !2 and procedures that govern a group operation: types of norms, social, procedural, task. Table 9. 1 typical rules and norms in two types of groups. That"s time for the family to spend together: daniel gets to watch sesame street from 5:00 to 6:00pm. 3: opinion seeker, opinion giver, elaborator/ clarifier.
