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Small Group Performance: Reinterpreting Proximate Evaluations from an Ultimate Perspective

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Witte, Erich H.
Kahl, Cara H.

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In this article, two scientific approaches are conjoined: Small group research and evolutionary theory. In the past 50 years, small group researchers have identified various deficits in group performance. Presently, how to improve group interaction is a focal point of their work. Meanwhile, social psychologists are paying more attention to evolutionary theory, and process losses in group performance may be evaluated differently from such a perspective. It appears that proximate performance losses could mean ultimate gains for the individual. A reduction in group performance should therefore be anticipated from a proximate perspective, because it represents an individual selection advantage from the ultimate view. As a means of intervention, group facilitation techniques are the key to proximate gains in group processes.

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Gruppeneffektivität Evaluation Theorie Gruppendynamik Gruppe Problemlösen Motivation Hilfe Gruppenleistung Evaluation Theorien Gruppendynamik Gruppenproblemlösen Motivation Hilfeverhalten Teilen (Sozialverhalten) Kreativität evolutionary theory group process proximate evaluation small group research ultimate evaluation

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2008

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Hamburger Forschungsberichte zur Sozialpsychologie;85

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  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Witte, Erich H.
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Kahl, Cara H.
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2022-11-17T11:08:32Z
  • Made available on
    2008-12-01
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  • Made available on
    2022-11-17T11:08:32Z
  • Date of first publication
    2008
  • Abstract / Description
    In this article, two scientific approaches are conjoined: Small group research and evolutionary theory. In the past 50 years, small group researchers have identified various deficits in group performance. Presently, how to improve group interaction is a focal point of their work. Meanwhile, social psychologists are paying more attention to evolutionary theory, and process losses in group performance may be evaluated differently from such a perspective. It appears that proximate performance losses could mean ultimate gains for the individual. A reduction in group performance should therefore be anticipated from a proximate perspective, because it represents an individual selection advantage from the ultimate view. As a means of intervention, group facilitation techniques are the key to proximate gains in group processes.
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  • Persistent Identifier
    https://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bsz:291-psydok-23486
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11780/526
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.9176
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Is part of series
    Hamburger Forschungsberichte zur Sozialpsychologie;85
  • Keyword(s)
    Gruppeneffektivität
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  • Keyword(s)
    Evaluation
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  • Keyword(s)
    Theorie
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  • Keyword(s)
    Gruppendynamik
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  • Keyword(s)
    Gruppe
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  • Keyword(s)
    Problemlösen
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  • Keyword(s)
    Motivation
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    Hilfe
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  • Keyword(s)
    Gruppenleistung
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  • Keyword(s)
    Evaluation
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  • Keyword(s)
    Theorien
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  • Keyword(s)
    Gruppendynamik
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  • Keyword(s)
    Gruppenproblemlösen
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  • Keyword(s)
    Motivation
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  • Keyword(s)
    Hilfeverhalten
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  • Keyword(s)
    Teilen (Sozialverhalten)
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Kreativität
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  • Keyword(s)
    evolutionary theory
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  • Keyword(s)
    group process
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  • Keyword(s)
    proximate evaluation
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  • Keyword(s)
    small group research
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  • Keyword(s)
    ultimate evaluation
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  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    Small Group Performance: Reinterpreting Proximate Evaluations from an Ultimate Perspective
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    report
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