Show:
The Ideal Group Experience
Group Tasks & Activities
Group Meetings
Group Effectiveness
Understanding Networks
100
How might communication apprehension hinder a group's experience? (hint: define communication apprehension!)
Fear or anxiety about communication.
100
What 4 things influence our ability to complete tasks?
Time, Degree of Participation, Diversity, Technology
100
Agendas should include these three things:
timeframe/location, meeting purpose, and any preparations needed for the meeting
100
Conformity and Individualistic culture are issues associated with what group problem?
Identity Issues
100
Communication, Formal, Affective, Material, Proximity and Cognitive refer to what?
Interaction Patterns
200
When diversity becomes a problem in a group (too much or not enough) how can a group work through it?
Emphasis individual > social identity, increased interdependence.
200
Name at least three types of group tasks and activities:
Performing, Deliberating, Building relationships, Providing social support, Planning, Generating ideas, Making choices, Negotiating, Competing
200
Principle #3 states that:
Location matters!
200
What a group reaches a premature decision, this is known as:
Group think
200
Ties that are distant are known as these.
Weak Ties
300
The ability and willingness to participate responsibly in a group refers to:
Communication Competence
300
Social demands placed on the group are known as:
Social Complexity
300
Principle #6 states that:
Taking minutes is important!
300
This is the minimum number of individuals required to have a group.
Three.
300
A leader is a type of ____ role.
Formal
400
Grouphate refers to: _____
Hates working in groups; perception that group work is not necessary/unneeded/can never work.
400
Degree of group authority or responsibility refers to:
Area of Freedom
400
Above all else all meetings must:
Have a purpose (Principle #8)
400
Verbal and nonverbal skills are equally important in improving the effectiveness of groups. Please list 2 nonverbals discussed in the text.
Possible answers include: Kinesics, Proxemics, Vocalics, Artifacts, Chronemics, Haptics
400
Informal rules/behaviors adopted by a group are known as
Norms
500
These are the phases of most group experiences:
Inclusion/Dependency, Conflict, Negotiating goals/roles, Task and activity orientation, and Termination.
500
Level of familiarity with the task refers to:
Population Familiarity
500
When deciding meeting time its always important to:
Set a limit! (Principle #1)
500
When defining "group", these five terms must be defined first:
Group Size, Group Goal, Group Identity, Interdependence, and Group Structure.
500
These are the two types of networks.
Centralized and Decentralized.