Kinesiology 1088A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Outfielder, Interpersonal Attraction, Group Cohesiveness

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 1088A/B
• Professor: Bob La Rose

Document Summary

In multidimensional terms, cohesion is a combination of task and social dimensions (weinburg and gould 182: difference between coactive and interactive teams. Interactive teams require members to work together and collectively coordinate their actions (weinburg and gould 190). In recent studies, it is revealed that more cohesiveness is related to better performance in both coactive and interactive sports (weinburg and gould 190). However, normally the absolute level of cohesiveness is higher in interactive sport than in coactive sports (weinburg and gould 190). As a result, in interactive sports, the coaches inevitably introduce many of the teambuilding strategies coupled with increased cohesiveness (weinburg and gould 190). This form of cohesion is often likened with interpersonal attraction. For e. g. in an exercise class, the social cohesion of the group towards a certain program can increase their adherence towards it (weinburg and gould 182) Fernandes 4: discussion of debate over the circular interrelationship of cohesion, performance and satisfaction.