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| A group exists when two or more individuals define themselves as members of a group |
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| Leader in the field: John Walter Thibaut |
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| Argues that social relations help to fulfill the individual's needs and often take the form of exchange processes |
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| the degree to which a collection of people is perceived as being bonded together in a coherent unit |
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| Leader in the field: John M. Levine and Richard L. Moreland |
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| Model of group socialization |
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| the efforts of the group to assimilate new members to existing group norms and practices |
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| A change in the relation between a group member and a group |
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| A psychological bond of a group member with the group and its goals including the desire to maintain group membership |
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| The role transition of entry into a group, often accompanied by some ritual |
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| The behaviors expected of a person with a specific position in the group |
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| The degree to which the actual number of group members is similar to the ideal number of group members |
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| Evaluation of a role by the group in which a role is contained or defined |
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| Leader in the field: Robert F. Bales |
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| Interaction process analysis (p.402) |
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| Behaviors during group interactions that are directed at task completion |
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| Socio-emotional behaviors |
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| Behaviors during group interactions that are directed at interpersonal relations |
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| A system of knowledge available to group members with shared awareness of each other's expertise, strengths and weaknesses |
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| The transfer of moods and emotions among people in a group |
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| the force that binds members to the group |
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| Cohesion based on attraction of group members to the group task |
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| Cohesion based on liking of the group and its members |
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| Leader in the field: Joseph E. McGrath |
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| Groups: Interaction and Performance |
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| Hierarchy within a group based on who talks most |
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| expectation states theory |
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| Argues that status differences within a group result from different expectations that group members have about each other |
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