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Download full textKnowles, Eric S. – 1970
The stimulus value of group boundaries was investigated in a field experiment. It was hypothesized that the size of a group and the status of its members would reduce the permeability of a boundary around an interacting group. Two or 4 interacting people of high or low status interrupted the traffic flow in a university hallway. Results indicate…
Descriptors: Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Group Behavior, Group Dynamics
Peer reviewedRidgeway, Cecilia; Johnson, Cathryn – American Journal of Sociology, 1990
Analyzes the way task proceedings engender emotional reactions, the conditions under which these are expressed in positive and negative socioemotional behavior, and the effect of such behavior on the status hierarchy in informal task groups. Suggests that the expression of socioemotional behavior in task groups is deeply intertwined with the…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior Theories, Emotional Response, Group Behavior
Nickse, Ruth S.; Ripple, Richard E. – 1972
This study was an attempt fo document aspects of small group work in classrooms engaged in the process education curricula called "Materials and Activities for Teachers and Children" (MATCH). Data on student-student interaction was related to small group work and gathered by paper-and-pencil sociometric questionnaires and measures of group…
Descriptors: Group Activities, Group Behavior, Group Dynamics, Group Experience
THE EFFECTS OF FORMALLY BASED STATUS DIFFERENCES ON GROUP PRODUCTIVITY, EFFICIENCY, AND RISK TAKING.
BRIDGES, EDWIN M.; AND OTHERS
THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THIS EXPERIMENT WAS TO DETERMINE WHETHER HIERARCHICALLY DIFFERENTIATED GROUPS WERE AS PRODUCTIVE ON PROBLEM-SOLVING TASKS AS HIERARCHICALLY UNDIFFERENTIATED GROUPS. THE EXPERIMENT ALSO INVESTIGATED THE EFFECTS OF FORMALLY BASED STATUS DIFFERENCES ON GROUP EFFICIENCY AND RISK-TAKING. TWENTY GROUPS CONTAINING FOUR SUBJECTS…
Descriptors: Educational Experiments, Group Behavior, Group Dynamics, Group Norms
Jenkins, Mercilee M. – 1978
The literature on sex-related differences in leadership behavior was reviewed in order to explore underlying factors. Currently there exist several models of male leadership in small groups, but no models of human leadership which represent the experiences of women in same sex and mixed sex groups. Key considerations for constructing such a model…
Descriptors: Females, Group Behavior, Group Dynamics, Group Norms
Roper, Susan Stavert – 1972
In order to understand the adjustment of blacks in an integrated situation, it is vital to study the response of the whites to the blacks in those situations. This study is an analysis of data collected in the summer of 1970. The area of inquiry is the subjective one of emotional climate, feelings of affect, evaluations, and socio-emotional…
Descriptors: Black Students, Experimental Groups, Group Behavior, Group Dynamics
