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What is a Group History of Groups Outline
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Members of Groups Interact
Groupness
Size
Interdependence
Temporal pattern
Groups are ‘groupier’ when they are small, able to interact on a variety of issues, and have a past and envision a future
Groups Have Goals
Goals
Generating
Choosing
Negotiating
Executing
Tension between 2 goals:
Task accomplishment
Socioemotional needs
Members Identify Themselves as a Group
If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is a duck.
“a group exists when two or more people define themselves as members of it and when its existence is recognized by at least one other” (Brown, 1988)
Psychological Perspective
Social facilitation
Triplett (1898)
Noticed bicyclists performed better when riding with others
Study with children performing simple task either alone or with others.
Results:
Children performed better when in the
presence of others compared to when alone
But groups aren’t real…