GROUP COUNSELING
method used to support and guide people with similar problems or issues such as school students seeking advice about suitable…
GROUP SOCIALIZATION 1
1. Interactions between a person and the group beginning when they join and ending when they leave. 2. Socialisation of…
GROUP SOCIALIZATION THEORY
Theory of development of personality where children are socialised by peers and influence from adults filters down to the peer…
GROUP EXPERIMENT
The term used for the experiment in which groups serve as the unit of analysis. For example, the performance of…
GROUP RISK TAKING
the term used to describe the embarking on a hazardous or uncertain course of action for the group. Group decisions…
GROUP DYNAMICS
1. Dynamic and not static processes of a group affecting patterns and changes in communication, decisions and power. 2. Psychology.…
GROUP-CENTERED LEADER
A person who adopts a leadership style based on the sharing of the traditional duties and powers of the leader…
GROUP SUPEREGO
Psychoanalytic theory. the portion of the superego that a person has acquired from peer groups as opposed to the part…
GROUP INTERVIEW
The meeting where one or more questioners ask information from two or more respondents in an experimental or real-life situation.…
GROUPTHINK
An agreeing seeking tendency interfering with group decision making. Includes apparent conformity, being invulnerable, moral correctness and biased group perceptions.…
GROUP-SERVING BIAS
The cognitive tendencies that contribute to an overvaluing of a person's group, particularly the tendency to credit the group for…
GROUP NETWORK
An organised system of connections that links members of a group. Members react to and relate to each other through…
GROUP MISSION
the name of the mission that is undertaken by a military unit where the group cohesion is a major factor…
GROUP SPACE
Name for the space defined by the temporary boundary that forms around interacting groups and serves as a barrier to…
GROUP SELECTION
the term describing the concept that social groups can act as adaptive units in natural selection. See kin selection. Compare…
GRADUATE RECORD EXAMINATIONS (GRE)
a collection of aptitude tests used in the graduate school admissions process to make decisions regarding applicants. A general test…
GROUP STRUCTURE
Complex of forms, processes and systems that organise and regulate interactions in groups. Defines roles and positions, network of authority…
GROUP SOLIDARITY
The sense of fellowship and community displayed by members of a collective who are united by shared purposes, responsibilities and…
GROUND TRUTH
Term for the truth regarding whether or not a person actually committed the act they are accused of. Concept is…