SPE Exam II

What are the four stages of the competitive process?

1. Objective competitive situation, 2) Subjective situation, 3) Response, 4) Consequences.

What is the Robbers Cave Experiment?

A study involving two groups of 11-year-old boys that highlighted the effects of competition and cooperation.

What are the four stages of the Linear perspective model of team dynamics?

Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing

What is task cohesion?

The degree to which group members work together to achieve common goals and objectives. When julius and gerry held each other accountable for holding the team back in different way, so the led the way by doing their best so others would follow suit

What is social loafing?

When individuals within a group put forth less than 100% effort due to loss of motivation. Can be eliminated by emphasis on individual pride and contributions; Ray deciding not to block because of the color of the QB’s skin

Define role clarity.

The extent to which individuals understand their role and expectations in a group. Coaches having to understand their roles and only offering help when they were asked

What characterizes an autocratic leadership style?

A leadership style where the leader makes decisions unilaterally, often resembling a dictatorship.

What is athlete activism?

Athletes using their platform to speak out or raise awareness about causes or issues.

What are the positives of athlete activism?

Sense of purpose, community engagement, and enhanced leadership skills.

What does the term 'implicit bias' refer to?

Unconscious attitudes or stereotypes that affect understanding, actions, and decisions.

What is cultural competence?

The ability to recognize and effectively interact with people from different cultural backgrounds.

What is active listening?

A listening skill that involves asking questions, paraphrasing, and providing feedback to the speaker.

What does Steiner’s Model of Actual Productivity explain?

It illustrates potential productivity minus losses due to faulty group processes.

What is the difference between interpersonal and intrapersonal communication?

Interpersonal communication is between two people, while intrapersonal communication is self-talk.

What is the Ringelmann Effect?

The phenomenon where individual performance decreases as group size increases.

What does the life cycle perspective in group dynamics compare to?

It compares the development of groups to biological life cycles with stages of birth, growth, and death. As group develops it is psychologically preparing for own breakup; team lasting 10-15 weeks

Interpersonal Communication

two people exchanging conversation as well as nonverbal communication(facial expressions and body language)

Intrapersonal Communication

self talk

Supportive Listening

communicate that you are with the speaker and value their message (supportive behaviors)

Aware listening

realize people react differently to the way you communicate so be flexible and be alert for barriers

What is Socialization?

process in which one learned how to act according to the rules and expectations of a particular culture, lifelong process through which

What is cultural awareness?

understanding of cultures you belong in ;bias

What is cultural Knowledge?

ask questions and build knowledge on specific topics

What is Enculturation?

socialization process in which an individual acquires the skills and qualities necessary to be a member of one’s own group

What is Culture?

shared beliefs and practices on an identifiable group of people including gender, race, language, and sexuality

What is Inclusion?

degree that people feel free to express their individualized self and have and have a sense of belonging

What is Diversity?

presence of socially meaningful differences among members of a group; differences or lack of differences based on factors such as race, national origin, ethnicity, gender, social class, or religion

What are ways to facilitate activism with athletes?

Establish a plan to take care of yourself through days off and having a support team. Identify challenges that may occur, reinforce impact of athletes, reinforce that it is ok for athletes to care about something more than themselves, athletes are people with identities.

What are the negatives of athlete activism?

Stress and anxiety, burnout, depression, poor health, substance abuse, and public criticism.

What is athlete activism?

Athletes using their platform to speak out or build awareness about a cause or issue. Making statements before games and during press conferences or through starting foundations.

What is a democratic leader?

incorporating other people into decision making

What is a relationship-oriented leader?

people concerned with building relationships with the people on their team; Coach Yoast

What is a task-oriented leader?

focuses on setting goals and getting the job done

Role Conflict

individual does not have motivation, time, or understanding to achieve a goal , wearing to many hats

Role Acceptance

enhances group structure and role satisfaction dependent on feedback and recognition. Coaches putting their pride to the side to ask for help so that they could win the championship.

Ambiguity

when expectations are unclear which hurts team performance. When the boys allowed for the outside world to influence how they felt about each other and it affected their performance. So they had to remind each other that they are a team on and off of the field

Social Cohesion

 interpersonal attraction among group members or the agree to which team members like each other

Formal Role

dictated by structure and of organization like a coach or instructor; coach boone and coach yoast

Informal Role

evolve from the group’s dynamics or interactions between groups like a mentor, star player, distractor, or even a cancer, or comedian; ray being a cancer and gerry being the star player

Norm for productivity

standard for effort and performance accepted by the team and enhances competition, practice, attendance, and preparedness. Chants they were doing during practice.

Group Norms

level of performance, pattern of behavior, or belief; leaders need to establish positive group norms or standards established by informal and formal leaders. Such as Practice behaviors, hair styles, uniforms, treatment of players(hazing). Wearing suits on the way to camp and their pregame routine.

What are the Elements of building an effective team climate?

Social Support, Proximity, distinctiveness, fairness, similarity, and task independence. Distinctiveness when Intermingle of races for the sake of offense and defense during camp. Proximity from being roommates during camp

Pendular Perspective

shifts occur in interpersonal relationships during growth and development of group

Forming

making interpersonal relationships to develop team structure such as try-outs or first days of practice, assess strengths, what is my role going to be; When the players were at camp and coach boone made them learn about each other

Storming

challenges, conflict, tension, butting heads; resistance to leader and to control the group such as between players w coach or player or organization; players under coach yoast no longer wanted to play for a black head coach

Norming

group conflicts resolved or unity, have identified and accepted role; when gerry called out ray for him not blocking and got him kicked off the team

Performing

channeling of energies for team success where we use relationships to work on task and we focus on problem solving; When campbell and bertier called each other out for slacking because they all were tied of three a days

What is Stage 1 of the competitive process ?

situation in which performance is compared with some standard of excellence in the presence of at least one other person who is aware of comparison

What is stage two of the competitive process?

how person perceives, accepts, and appraises the competitive situation( influenced by personality factors)

What is stage three of the competitive process?

response is whether a person approaches or avoids a competitive situation at behavioral and psychological levels

What is stage four of the competitive process ?

whether a person approaches or avoids competitive situations

What are the three perspectives to building a team?

linear, pendular, and life cycle

What is task interpendence?

team that wins together is also the team that loses together