PSYCH238 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Role Conflict, The Sucker, Social Loafing

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH238
• Professor: Doug Brown

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Forming: group members try to orient themselves by testing the waters. Storming: confrontation and criticism occur as members determine whether they will go along with the way the group is developing. Norming: members resolve the issues that provoked the storming, and they develop social consensus. Norms are agreed upon and information and opinions flow freely. Performing: the group devotes its energies toward task accomplishment. Achievement, creativity, and mutual assistance are prominent themes at this stage. Adjourning: rites and rituals that affirm the group"s previous successful development are common (such as ceremonies and parties). Equilibrium means stability: a model of group development that describes how groups with deadlines are affected by their first meetings and crucial midpoint transitions, first meeting, midpoint, project deadline, three types of group tasks: Additive tasks - tasks in which group performance is dependent on the sum of the performance of individual group members (e. g. , building a house. Performance of the group increases with group size.