Kinesiology 3388A/B Lecture : Psychology of Sport - Lecture 1
12 Jan 2012
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See page 20 figure 1. 4 - a conceptual framework for the study of sport teams. Groups are important in terms of y their number (family, church, intramural sports, work, social etc ) At any one time people are involved in 7 groups: all of those groups can vary in how effective they are. It s important to understand what makes them effective y. Influence on individual behavior: mode of dress, way of interacting = influenced by the people around us. If you re a loner trouble getting food, protecting myself, surviving y. Likelihood = my genetic pass on to other people would disappear. those who were used to cooperating in groups successfully passed on their genetics to future generations. Need to affiliate is fundamental - baumeister & leary (1995) The need to affiliate (need to belong, meaningful connective relationship) y.
