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Download full textMurk, Peter J. – 1994
Using a brief experiential group activity called "Choosing a Color Exercise" as an introductory measure, this paper explains the basics of group dynamics and reviews the major theoretical relationships between the group's structure, the dynamics of maintenance and task behaviors, and effective individual performances. The types of functional and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Group Behavior, Group Discussion, Group Dynamics
Courtright, John A. – 1974
The purpose of this essay was to propose a new explanation of collective behavior and to hypothesize the role of communication in this process. Unlike previous theories, which rely on a group effect, this explanation is based on the behavior of individual members of the collectivity. Using the experimental finding of the "risky shift,"…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Communication (Thought Transfer), Decision Making, Group Behavior
Martini, Mary – 1994
This research summary reports on a 4-month long study of 30 children, ages 10-13, who live at the elementary boarding school on the island of 'Ua Pou, Marquesas Island, French Polynesia. Of the sample of 15 boys and 15 girls, 20 of the children are from a single small valley. Follow-up studies also were done of the families of these children. The…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Childrens Games, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
