Group Cohesion
A type of group that has a strong bond among its members.
What is a cohesive group?
Rank within the group.
Increases one's perceived ability to cope with stress and makes life meaningful by defining, to some extent who they are.
What is joining?
The presence of others increases physiological arousal and as a result any dominant response will be facilitated.
Helping that is mutual, where both sides benefit.
What is cooperation?
Members are linked via a bond to one another and face-to-face interaction.
What is a common-bond group?
This occurs when groups see themselves as homogeneous with characteristics such as support, cooperation and high morale.
What is cohesiveness?
It can decrease one's feelings of self-control and self-esteem both immediately afterward and after a 45-minute delay.
What is group rejection?
Performance might be disrupted by the presence of an audience due to nervousness about being judged.
What is evaluation apprehension?
Process in which individuals or groups perceive that others have taken, or will take, actions incompatible with their own interests.
What is conflict?
What is a group?
Norm to maintain harmony among group members, even if doing so might entail some personal cost.
What is collectivism?
Includes steep initiation fees, substantial efforts to prove one's credentials as suitable, and long trial or probationary periods before admittance.
What are barriers to group entry?
Decreases in effort when someone works collectively vs individually.
What is social loafing?
One person achieves the desired outcome while the other does not, and although a compromise is possible, it is unlikely.
What is negative interdependence?
Members are linked via a category rather than to each other with the absence of face-to-face interaction.
What is a common-identity group?
Value is placed on standing out and being different from others.
What is individualism?
Group members generally respond more positively to critiques from within the group than to those from out-group critics.
Strategies that enhance individual accountability, commitment, and perceived value of a task within a group.
What is reducing loafing?
Opposing sides exchange offers and concessions, directly or through representatives, leading to a mutually acceptable solution if successful.
What is bargaining?
The extent to which a group perceives itself as a coherent whole on a scale of high to low.
What is entitativity?
These individuals are more likely to be afforded status and be selected as leaders.
What are prototypical members?
Splintering of the group into distinct factions that could not stay united by a single identity, which can occur in any group built on shared beliefs and values.
What is a schism?
Stems, at least in part, from the possibility that when people are in a large crowd, they tend to "lose their individuality" and instead act as others do.
What is deindividuation?
Goals that both sides seek, and that tie their interests together rather than driving them apart.
What are superordinate goals?