group dynamics and goal setting

Question 1

what is a group

Answer 1

two or more people, interacting with one another

Question 2

what does a group involve

Answer 2

influences
collective indentity
social aggregate
mutal awareness

Question 3

what is cohesion

Answer 3

selection of less skilled but more cooperative players, group desire to achieve common goals and group identity and stay together.

Question 4

what is task cohesion

Answer 4

people are willing to work together whether or no they get along personally, have the potential to be successful

Question 5

what is social cohesion

Answer 5

teams with high social cohesion but low task cohesion are less successful

Question 6

what theorist made cohesion

Answer 6

carrons model

Question 7

what are the four factors that affect the development of cohesion

Answer 7

environmental
personal
leadership
team

Question 8

how does environmental affect cohesion

Answer 8

factors binding members to a team
avoid star system, provide opps for socializing

Question 9

how do personal factors affect cohesion

Answer 9

opps for motives to be realised
develop ownership feelings
members believe are important , their motives for taking part.

Question 10

how does leadership affect cohesion

Answer 10

the behavior of leader/coaches
should use different behaviours to influence different individuals

Question 11

how does team affect cohesion

Answer 11

factors relating to the group; team identity, targets, members ability and role
creation of short/ long term goals
rewarding of individual and team efforts

Question 12

what does steiners model of a group/ team include

Answer 12

actual productivity
potential productivity
losses due to fault processes

Question 13

what is the equation for actual productivity

Answer 13

potential productivity - losses due to faulty process

Question 14

what does actual productivity mean

Answer 14

a teams level of achievement in a task

Question 15

what does potential productivity mean

Answer 15

the best possible level of achievement for the team

Question 16

what does losses due to fault processes mean

Answer 16

co-ordination and motivation problems that teams face.

Question 17

when do co-ordiniation problems occur

Answer 17

players are being selfish or aggressive
if a defense is not working together

Question 18

when do motivation problems occur

Answer 18

people work less hard in the team
social loafing

Question 19

what may cause motivation losses

Answer 19

may not share the same motives

Question 20

what do successful groups have

Answer 20

strong collective identity
opp to socialise and share goals
communicate effectively
strong cohesion
value relationships
successful coach/ leader

Question 21

what is the ringlemann effect

Answer 21

individual performance decreases with an increase in group size

Question 22

what is social loafing

Answer 22

individuals reduce their effort when in a group
and can hide their lack of effort amongst the effort of other group members

Question 23

how can socail loafing be reduced

Answer 23

contribution of an individual can be identified
cooperation between players can be significant

Question 24

strategies to develop group cohesion

Answer 24

make a group distinct
have a clear group and individual goals
find ways to get team to remember team goals
have clear formal roles
acknowledge informal roles
shared decision making
develop mutual respect

Question 25

what is goal setting

Answer 25

process of setting targets to increase motivation and aid performance

Question 26

goals may be

Answer 26

long term
intermediate
short term

Question 27

what does smarter goals stand for

Answer 27

specific
measurable
achievable
realistic
time phased
evaluated
recorded

Question 28

what is a goal structure

Answer 28

easily attained initially
progressively more difficult
training goals should be planned around overall goals

Question 29

what should goals be

Answer 29

outcome orientated
performance orientated
process orientated
objective
achievable
challenging
incremental
realistic

Question 30

goals are either

Answer 30

outcome oriented
task oriented

Question 31

outcome oriented are

Answer 31

towards the end result of the sporting activity

Question 32

task oriented

Answer 32

performance- judged against other performances
process- improvement in techniques