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| What are the conditions in which you should create a group? |
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- More than one outcome
- When there is too much info
- When problems are too complex
- and Two heads are better than One.
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| What are the conditions in which you should avoid a group? |
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- Lack of understanding of healthy group processes
- Lack of organizational support
- Poor selection of members
- Unclear goals
- Unmet emotional needs/outlets
- Lack of leadership
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| What are the characteristics of a good group? |
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- A common purpose
- Recognition of group boundaries
- Capacity to absorb new members
- Subgroups without rigid boundaries
- Members valued
- Interaction
- Influence
- Interdependent
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| What is the trade off between problem solving and time/tension in group work? |
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| Groups can be more time-consuming and conflicting, but it helps to solve problems from more than one perspective. |
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| What is the ideal group size? |
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| What is the trade off between CMC and the formation of the group relationship? |
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| Lose the face-to-face contact |
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| What is the role of primary group identity? |
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| Meets needs of inclusion and affection |
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| What is the role of secondary group identity? |
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| Meet secondary needs like control and problem-solving. |
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| What are some ethical issues in group work? |
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- Slackers
- Bullies
- Know-it-alls
- Insensitive
- Non-committed
- Non-communicators
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| Standards and rules for appropriate group member and leader behavior. |
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| A "map of reality" that helps us navigate unfamiliar territory and make decisions. |
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| Set of elements that functions as a whole because of interdependent relationships. |
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| A set of elements that functions as a whole because of interdependent relationships. |
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| All the elements of a system that are present at the outset, or the initial raw materials of the system. |
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| What is a throughput process? |
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| Influence on the system that results from actual activities within the group as it goes about its business |
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| Those tangible and intangible products or achievements of the group system emerging from throughput processes |
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| Systems do not exist in a vacuum but are embedded in multiple surroundings or contexts |
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| Define "Bona Fide Group Perspective." |
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| The focus ont the relationship between a group and its environment, which is a characteristic of real-life, naturally occurring groups. |
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| A system with limited low of information between itself and its environment. |
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| A system with a free exchange of information with its environment--that is, with inputs and outputs flowing back and forth between the system and its environment |
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| When the elements of a system mutually influence each other. |
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| The return of system outputs as system inputs, which allows the system to monitor its movement toward goals and make necessary changes |
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| The idea that no single system input determines output, but rather that the outcomes are the result of numerous, interdependent factors. |
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| The idea that system objectives can be reached in a variety of ways |
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| A systems ability to take on an identity separate from its individual elements |
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| The transactional process of simultaneously creating, interpreting, and negotiating shared meaning through interaction. |
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| Anything that arbitrarily stands for something else |
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| What is meant by "Communication is a transactional process"? |
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You create a degree of shared meaning, but retain some individual meaning, as well.
More people = Worse communication |
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| A complex process involving perceiving, interpreting and responding to messages. |
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| A listener who is concerned about how her or his listening behaviors affect relationships |
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| A listener who is concerned about how her or his listening behaviors contribute to the task at hand |
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| Content-oriented listener |
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| A listener who prefers information from perceived credible sources and is drawn to analyzing the information she or he hears |
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| A listener who values time and is focused on efficient discussion |
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| listening first to understand another's message before critically judging the message |
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| signals interpreted as a whole by group members |
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| occurs when group members think they have the same meaning for a word or phrase, but really don't. |
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| Anything in a message that is not the word itself |
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| A group's space as created by seating choices and furniture arrangements |
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| computer-mediated communication; Any interaction via computer technology, like a chat room. |
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| The degree to which a person feels that another is actually present during an interaction |
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| What are the three typical tensions in becoming a group? |
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| Primary, secondary, and tertiary |
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| What is a primary tension? |
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| Anxiety arising early in a group's formation, as members work out their relationships and roles. |
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| What is a secondary tension? |
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| Task-related tension that stems from differing opinions about the substantive work of the group. |
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| What is a tertiary tension? |
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| Tension that stems from power and status struggles in a group. |
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| What is the ANTECEDENT STAGE of socialization? |
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| the stage during which members bring previous group experiences, attitudes, beliefs, motives, and communication traits to the process. |
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| What is the ANTICIPATORY STAGE of socialization? |
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| The stage describing individual and group initial expectations of each other. |
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| What is the ENCOUNTER STAGE of socialization? |
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| the stage in which members' expectations meet with reality as members adjust and fit with each other. |
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| What is the ASSIMILATION STAGE of socialization? |
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| The stage in which group members show full integration |
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| What is the EXIT STAGE of socialization? |
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| The stage in which people leave the group. |
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| The part a member plays in a group |
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| Roles that encompass behaviors that contribute directly to accomplishment of a group's task. |
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| Roles that encompass behaviors that help a group maintain harmonious relationships and contribute to a cohesive interpersonal climate |
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| Roles that encompass self-centered behaviors that place the individual's need ahead of the group's needs |
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| Formal, explicit standards of behavior and procedures by which a group operates |
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| Informal, implicit standards of behavior and procedures by which members operate |
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| Members who consistently violate group norms |
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| The atmosphere or environment within a group |
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| The general belief that members can rely on each other |
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| An unstated private goal a member wants to achieve through a group |
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| The bonds of attachment members have for each other |
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| The tendency of highly cohesive groups not to evaluate thoroughly and critically all aspects of a decision or problem |
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| Differences among group members, from personality and learning style differences to differences of opinion |
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| The system of beliefs, values, and symbols shared by an identifiable group of people |
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