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Speech ch. 9
Key terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Accountability | group members being held responsible for adhering to the group norms and working toward the group’s goal. |
| adjourning | the stage of group development in which members assign meaning to what they have done and determine how to end or maintain interpersonal relations they have developed. |
| cohesiveness | force that brings group members closer together. |
| forming | the initial stage of group development characterized by orientation, testing, and dependence. |
| ground rules | prescribed behaviors designed to help the group meet its goals and conduct its conversations. |
| group | a collection of three or more people who interact and attempt to influence each other in order to accomplish a common purpose |
| group communication | all the verbal and nonverbal messages shared with or among members of the group |
| group dynamics | the way a group interacts to achieve its goal. |
| group think | a deterioration of mental efficiency, reality testing, and moral judgment that results from in-group pressure to conform. |
| healthy group | a group characterized by ethical goals, interdependence, cohesiveness, productive norms, accountability, and synergy. |
| family | a group of intimates who through their communication generates a sense of home and group identity, complete with strong ties of loyalty and emotion, and experiences a history and a future |