Discusses how Black-White racial balance influences a treatment group. Ratio, size, nature of leadership, and activities of integrated groups are studied. Interracial membership is not necessary for every group. Author concludes that this study needs to be conducted in a more natural setting and with a more natural population. (Author/BEF)

Studies deception in social psychological research by using group members rather than audience as data-generating subjects. Use of confederates, if chosen with care, does not appear to increase suspicion from group members. The more conspiciously deviant a confederate, the more he is suspected. (Author/BEF)

This study investigated effects of: (1) task-oriented communication and non-task-oriented communication on group outcome; and (2) visual impairment on intragroup and intergroup communication in competitive situations. The results showed that amounts of task-oriented interaction was significant in determining goal accomplishment, while…

School administrators in the Yakima School District have effectively formed teams that propose and develop position papers that are mutually negotiated with the chief administrator. (Author/MLF)

The influence of negative, equal, and positive social comparison and of nonsocial comparison upon 4- and 5-year-old black children's subsequent aggressive and regressive behavior in 3-member groups was investigated. (Author/JMB)

A stable ordered dominance hierarchy was found via observational and sociometric methods for a group of 13-year-old boys during a 5-week camp. (SB)

Applied the concepts of agonism and dyadic dominance to the analysis of children's behavior. (SB)

Discusses active group learning and models of group peer evaluations: (1) small class of 10-15; (2) typical class of 25-35; and (3) small groups of 2-4 within a typical class of 25-35. (JOW)

Case study of Australian farmers participating in group extension instruction indicated that local knowledge may remain dormant unless social interaction allows it to emerge. Group interaction facilitated the integration of local and scientific knowledge. (SK)

Analyzes two methods of testing group differences of a latent variable: group code analysis and structured means analysis. Describes these methods in terms of conceptual representation, unique underlying assumptions, and relative merits and limitations; points toward methodological extensions beyond this two-sample case. (RJM)

Coded data from 83 work ethnographies and a telephone survey of 371 workers found that coworker solidarity generates high job satisfaction and better relations with management. Effects of the quality of coworker relationships equaled or exceeded the effects of job characteristics on satisfaction or management relations. (SK)

Explores groups and teams from a sociological perspective, focusing on the structure of activity, the nature of interaction and interdependence, and coordination. Distinguishes between groups and teams, describes selected team sports configurations and school corollaries, and discusses dimensions of contrast and implications for leadership.…

Group learning can occur only when individuals become a group by developing an internal group environment. The larger institutional and social environment influences, and is influenced by, the learning group. Both members' and outsiders' perceptions of the group affect its functioning. (SK)