Group Socialization
The process by which new and/or established members learn to fit together through communication
Group Socialization
The part you play in a group
Role
Anxiety arising early in a group's formation as members work out their roles and relationships
Primary Tension
The environment or atmosphere within a group
Group Climate
Refers to the way members create and maintain a group
Structuration
Socialization
Assigned on the basis of a member's official position or title
Formal or positional roles
Task related tension that stems from differing opinions about the work of the group
The general belief that members can rely on each other
Trust
Group members respect and encourage one another
Support
The stage in which individuals leave a group or the group disbands
The exit stage
Contributes directly to the accomplishment of the group's task
Task role
Stems from power struggles in a group
Tertiary Tension
The tendency of highly cohesive groups not to evaluate thoroughly and critically of a decision or problem
GroupThink
Informal standards of behavior and procedures by which members operate
Norms
The stage in group socialization during which members bring their "unclean slates" to the process
Antecedent Stage
A type of maintenance role that indicates positive feelings towards one another and helps to reinforce a sense of group unity
Showing Solidarity
A model that is popular for its description of typical stages in how groups develop
Tuckman's Model of Group Development
The bonds of attachment members have for each other
Cohesiveness
Members who constantly violate group norms
Deviants
The stage in which members show full integration
Assimilation Stage
A type of individual role in which a person gives no response to others or refuses to take a stand
Withdrawing
A model that discovered regardless of time given for task completion, a major change in focus occurred at the group's midpoint (DOUBLE JEOPARDY)
Gersick's Two-Phase Model
An unstated private goal a member wants to achieve through a group
Hidden agenda
This a type of supportive behavior in which one is being tentative in expressing one's own opinions as well as being open to considering others' suggestions fairly (DOUBLE JEOPARDY)
Provisionalism