Kinesiology 1088A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Team Unity, Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research, Interpersonal Attraction
27 Jan 2015
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A term used to depict 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 t3eam may be the most influential group to which an individual belongs it has an extremely strong socializing impact. A sports team offers an ideal setting for research on group dynamicsbecause: It can hold constant many confounding variables (size, rules of conduct, etc. ) It provides an ideal context for studying cooperation, competition, & conflict. Through it" multitude of statistics, it offers many objective measures of group effectiveness. A collection of two or more individuals. Structured patterns of interaction and modes of communication. Four stage developmental sequence that group moves through to form a team (linear perspective) Forming: try outs, belong/make the team, develop interpersonal relationships, determine roles (formal & informal) Storming: resistance to control, rebel against the leader, stress and tension.
