Sets of standards for the behavior, attitudes, and even the perceptions of their members.
What are group norms?
100
The interdependent elements of a system that are organized into a whole and function together as a whole.
What is wholistic functioning?
100
The unconscious motive for doing/saying something
What is hidden agenda?
100
One person who has been assigned the office or position of leader.
What is headship?
200
Socialization
Support
Governance
Empowerment
Normative
Informational
Camaraderie
Task Completion
What are the 8 functions of groups?
200
The degree to which behaviors are open to observation and evaluation by other members or outsiders
What is visibility?
200
The tendency to seek a point of balance
What is equilibrium?
200
This "mode" describes when the group focuses on rational ways to complete their task and cooperates to get the work done.
What is work-group mode or basic-assumption mode?
200
This type of person:
1) Dislikes work and avoids it if possible
2) Must be coerced, controlled, and even threatened into working
3) Has little ambition for responsibility and really enjoys being directed or strongly led
What is a Theory X person?
300
When each person's behavior is barely influenced by the other persons; it is an example of relative independence between the persons.
What is pseudocontingency?
300
Persons of higher status within a group can deviate from norms with relative impunity as compared with members of lesser status.
What is idiosyncrasy credit?
300
The information that is fed into a system which keeps it on course
What is feedback?
300
This term describes members' relationships with other members of the group
What is member-to-member transferences?
300
This type of leadership is leader-centered rather than member-centered. Their main task is convincing others of the correctness of their own views.
What is autocratic leadership style?
400
A role that is based on certain characteristics that are intrinsic to the persons involved.
Example: male, female, young, old
What is an ascribed role?
400
In Joseph Luft's group development theory, this is the "area" that includes material that is not known to the self, but which others are able to discern.
What is Blind Area?
400
Any change threatens the __________ of a system and is thus resisted.
What is stability?
400
There are 2 sources of _________ ________. The first includes having too much closeness with others; the second includes too much separation from others.
What are primitive anxieties?
400
In this type of membership, there is low member morale and minimal interest in the task of the group. Work tends to be sloppy and inefficient.
What is Laissez-Faire Membership Style?
500
In a group, this person involves asserting authority and seeking to manipulate others so as to be in control of everything that happens.
What is a dominator?
500
This group development theorist suggested that groups go through a process of inclusion-control-affection upon forming. Upon terminating, they go through a reverse process of affection-control-inclusion.
Who is William Schultz?
500
Give an example of a system.
What is a group, family, team, etc.?
500
Unresolved feelings, habits of public behavior, and fears of vulnerability are all reasons for ________ ________ to develop.
What are hidden agendas?
500
When the leader focuses the attention of the individual or the group on the important feelings that are being communicated or on the behaviors that are taking place.