BU288 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Social Inhibition, Social Facilitation, Interactional Justice
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Social facilitation: the tendency to perform tasks better or faster in the presence of others. Social inhibition: the tendency to perform tasks worse or slower in the presence of others. What is a group: organization: social inventions for accomplishing goals through group effort, a group consists of two or more people interacting interdependently to achieve a common goal, two or more people, a common goal. Task interdependence: the degree to which and the way in which team members have to interact with and rely on other team members for information, materials, and resources needed to accomplish work for the team. Forming: group members try to orient themselves. "testing the waters: acceptance, avoid controversy or conflict, agreeing on goals and tasks. Punctuated equilibrium model: a model of group development that describes how groups with deadlines are affected by their first meetings and crucial midpoint transitions, equilibrium means stability.
