Session 7_Group and Team

A group as two or more individuals, interacting and interdependent, who have come together to achieve particular objectives

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Social identity theory proposes that people have cognitions reactions to the failure or success of their group because their self-esteem gets tied into the group’s performance

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Ingroup favoritism means we see members of our ingroup as better than other people, and people not in our group as all the same

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The five-stage group-development model characterizes groups as proceeding through the distinct stages of forming, norming, performing, storming and adjourning

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Storming stage is characterized by a great deal of uncertainty about the group’s purpose, structure, and leadership

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The structure at norming stage of group is fully functional and accepted

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Temporary groups with deadlines don’t seem to follow the usual five-stage model, called the punctuated-equilibrium model

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Punctuated-equilibrium model is a set of phases that permanent groups go through that involves transitions between inertia and activity

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Group have properties that shape members’ behavior and help explain and predict individual behavior within the group as well as the performance of the group itself

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Some of group properties are roles, norms, status, size, cohesiveness, and diversity

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