PSYC 3430 Chapter 5: Chapter 5.pdf
8 Mar 2012
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Only comes about if a group exists. Cohesive group will more likely prosper over time because it retains members and allows them to reach goals that would elude a more incoherent aggregate. Group that doesn"t have cohesion is at risk because if too many members drift away, the group wont survive. Knowing more about cohesion facilitates understanding things like productivity, member satisfaction and turnover, morale, formation, stability, influence and conflicts of groups. Cohesive groups are unified and morale is high. Cohesion is not a simple unitary process but a multi-component process with a variety of indicators. As a result, there is no such thing as a typical cohesive group. Four interrelated process that serve as glues which hold groups together are : social relations, task relations, perceived unity and emotions, clue to remember stpe :some trucks park everywhere. Big names in this theory are kurt lewin and leon festinger.
