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Social Facilitation and Group Dynamics

Groups and Tuckman's stages of development

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Overview

Groups and why a crowd is not one, task and social cohesion, Tuckman's forming, storming, norming and performing stages, the hockey squad, the promoted football team and slipping back a stage.

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What happens at the forming and storming stages of group development?

Key term

What is group cohesion, and how do task and social cohesion differ?

Key term

What is a group in sports psychology?

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  1. 1

    What is a group in sports psychology?

    Model answer

    A group is two or more people who interact, share common goals and have a collective identity. Members communicate and are aware of one another.

  2. 2

    Why is a crowd of spectators not a group in this sense?

    Model answer

    Spectators do not usually interact with one another towards a shared task. A group needs interaction and shared goals, not just a shared location.

  3. 3

    Give three characteristics of a group.

    Model answer

    A group has interaction between members, shared goals and a collective identity.

  4. 4

    What is group cohesion?

    Model answer

    Group cohesion is the tendency of a group to stick together in pursuit of its goals. Cohesion can be task-based or social.

  5. 5

    What is the difference between task cohesion and social cohesion?

    Model answer

    Task cohesion is members working together to achieve a shared goal. Social cohesion is members liking one another and enjoying each other's company.

  6. 6

    Who proposed the four stages of group development, and when?

    Model answer

    Bruce Tuckman proposed the stages of group development in 1965. The four stages are forming, storming, norming and performing.

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