Kinesiology 1088A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Clarity, Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research, Group Dynamics
21 Jul 2016
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A term used to talk about the vitality and changing nature of groups and to identify the field of study that focuses on the behaviour of groups. Next to a family, a sports team may be the most influential group to which an individual belongs it has an extremely strong socializing impact. A sport team offers an ideal setting for research on group dynamics because: It can hold a constant many confounding variables (size, rules of conduct etc) It provides an ideal context for studying cooperation, competition and conflict. Through its multitudes of stats, it offers many objective measures of group effectiveness. A collection of two or more individuals. Structured patterns of interaction and models of communication. Four stages of developmental sequences that the group moves through to form a team. Stress and tension (cliques may start, people may still think they"re better then everyone else) Combines effort towards a common task (win/productivity)
