Group Dynamics Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

AristotleBelieved that humans are by nature group-seeking animals. ShakespeareExpressed interest in changes in human accounts and intergroup relations. Niccolo MachiavelliAdvocated managing by group to increase one's power. Ralph EmersonSuggested that if there is a wise man in a group, all members are wise. BonoStated that most rock groups break up because it is hard to keep relationships together. ObservationMethod of data collection in group dynamics involving watching and recording ...

When did Group Dynamics gain its prominence and why?Early 1940's; Thanks to the depression, rise of dictatorship in Europe, and the second world war. What 2 questions does GD answer?The first was the drive to strengthen democracy by using the scientific method to strengthen groups. The second was the application of group dynamics and research to deriving methods of training leaders and group members in the social skills needed to promote effective functioning of democratic groups. Wh...

group dynamicsThe influential actions, processes, and changes that occur within and between groups over time; also, the scientific study of those processes. GroupTwo or more individuals who are connected by and within social relationships The majority of groups consist on average of 2 people The maximum number of ties within a group in which everyone is linked to everyone else.....is given by the equation n(n-1)/2, where n is the number of people in the group. Only one relationship is n...

Leadership is a _______ ProcessReciprocal Many groups _____ when guided by _______ leadershipProsper/Strong Why study groups?All of the above are reasons to study groups Group size is important to determine the need for _______Leadership The romance of leadership explains:Peoples tendency to over estimate a leaders influence and control Mortality and the knowledge that some day we will die is connected to what theory?Terror management theory

Testbank For Group Dynamics - 7th - 2019