Analysis of Group Dynamics: Garland, Jones, Kolodny & Tuckman Models

This assignment analyzes group dynamics based on the Garland, Jones, & Kolodny (1976) and Tuckman (1965) models. The solution provides examples of how a group models the stages of Preaffiliation, Beginning, Intimacy, Differentiation, and Separation (Garland, Jones, & Kolodny) and Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing, and Termination (Tuckman). The assignment further examines the group's structure, including its type (socially formed), purpose (building cohesion), leadership management, norms, communication styles, and bonding elements. It also identifies the group's culture, the influence of the broader environment, and critical incidents. This analysis provides a comprehensive understanding of the group's development, dynamics, and influencing factors. The assignment is a solution that can be found on Desklib, a platform that provides students with AI-based study tools and resources including past papers and assignments.

Garland, Jones, & Kolodny (1976)
What are some examples of how the group modeled the following stages?
Beginning Middle End
Preaffiliation:
The members in the group is a vital factor
that completes the idea regarding the
approach and the avoidance of the
involvement and interactions of the
group. These are marked by the
interaction and the development of the
group as well, which helps in the
identification of certain factors that the
group has encountered like- ambivalence,
anxiety and bring in uncertainty to the
group. The group’s interaction has
become more structured and predictable
as well, which has made the identification
of the problems of the group to be vital
factors as well. The members in the group
experiences the leadership quality of the
leader to be primarily educative. The
dependence of the every characters in the
group is a very important factors as well.
Intimacy:
The group has been noticed to be successfully
being involved with the adoption of ideas that
are highly beneficial for the group. The group
in the film has experienced the conflict and
have started for negotiating with the conflicts
preceding stage. The members, trust and the
commitment as well as the willingness for
initiating the cooperation for the group as well
as keeping every members of the group to be
stai0sfied and also keeping a general approach
and maintaining the communication feedback
and the greater cohesion leasing to the
confrontation of the ideas and maintaining the
liberal understanding of the members of the
group for handling of the tasks and
establishing a common and maintaining of the
sense of brotherhood in the group.
Differentiation:
The group is found to be achieving maturity
and developing the sense of reaction of the
functions for the creative creation of the
system so that the members of the group does
not affected by the mutual interpretation of
ideas, strengths and certain limitations of the
Separation:
The group has been experiencing the
various modes of ideas and also has been
involved in developing the ideas and
characters who experiences the various
modes of happiness, sadness as well as
anxiety and anger for the development of
the relationship and the bonds along with
the other group members. The bond among
the members of the group is found to be
very supportive in the case off upheaval and
sadness of the members had problems in the
presenting and portrayal of problems,
leading to the misunderstanding among the
other group members on the group. The
various expression and the different feelings
of sadness and the appreciation of the leader
and the number of tasks is a vital factors for
the development of ideas and inclusion of
various processes that enhances as well as
motivates the understanding among the
group members as well.
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Beginning:
The interaction of the group members is
an important that needs to be done for the
building up and the maintenance of the
situation of the film that was going on.
The personal approach of the every
members of the group is a very important
factor that provides the ideas and also
involves the involvement of the leader to
be high as well as alternating that changes
due to bring in changes and shifting of
ideas and notion as well.
group. The differentiation in the group can be
analyzed based on the ideas and the factors of
involvement and the acceptance and the
interdependence as well as identifying of the
characters of the groups who are involved in
denoting and identifying the various
characters of various intervention levels.
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Tuckman Model (1965)
What are some examples of how the group modeled the following stages?
Beginning Middle End
Forming:
The members in the group had been
experiencing high dependence among
each other and the ideas and the guidance
and direction. The little agreement in the
team has been aiming for the receiving of
the ideas regarding the leader of the
group. The agreement of the team is a vial
factor that has left a deep impact on the
semblance of the team. There have been
high dependence and the guidance as well
as the direction of agreement of the terms
and the conditions of the team has been
found to be aiming at the reaction and the
impact of the interaction of the group
members. The leader has been found
responsible for the various responsibilities
of the team that are unclear for the
questions and the answers of the team and
look onto the situations and the problems
of the team’s purpose. The dependence of
the group for the questions has been
reflected to the group and affecting on the
group’s purpose and the motive as well.
Storming:
This section highlights the decision making
skills of the group and the maturity level of
the group. The group members are found to be
making attempts for making attempts to
establish themselves for bringing in and
developing the understanding of the group as
well. Several challenges has been found that
has affected the development of the group and
also impacted greatly on the leader of the
group as well. The clarity and the purpose of
the group has boosted the purpose of the team.
The team has been identified to be focusing
on its goals and also persisting with the
uncertainties as well. The enabling of the
progress has been highlighted to maintain the
emotional progress of the group by the leader
of the group.
Norming:
The various kinds of agreements for the
development of the consensus of the group on
a large scale basis. The facilitation of the
leader of the group can be identified by the
group agreement of the smaller decisions
Termination:
The ideas and the notions have been done
based on the development of the team. The
issue of termination has been affecting the
development of the team and also have
highlighted the factors for unifying the
various processes that has been taking place
in the group to substantiate the development
and the attachment towards the initiation of
ideas towards improving the nature of
decision making and highlighting certain
factors that may be adjusted for the
development of characters regarding the
interaction of group members with the team
members as well. The security and the base
of the closely bonded nature of the group
members. The organizational perspective,
recognition, and the sensitivity of the ideas
also are found to be existing within the
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taken by the group members. The
commitment and the unity of the team is
found to be strong and the members of the
team are found to be engaged in various types
of fun and social activities as well. The
progress of the team and the social activities
of the group has been discussed regarding the
development of the processes and the working
style of the group.
Performing:
The performance of the team may be found to
be very strategically aware of the varied
shared vision of the abled to stand on one’s
own feet of the group as well as have been
focusing on the decisions against the criteria
of the leader that has been agreed. There have
been many ideas where the autonomy of the
group that has been highlighted. The group
has been identified for the maintenance of the
high degree of autonomy.
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GROUP STRUCTURE:
What type of group is this (treatment/task)? Is it natural or formed?
Socially formed group.
What is the groups purpose/focus?
To build the cohesion of the groups and increase the value within the group.
How is leadership managed (is there one stagnant leader? How is leadership distributed?)
The team leader maintains norms for the groups and also makes certain changes and adjustments to increase the nature of the group by
developing the group under certain proper stages.
What are some of the group norms you notice in this group?
Maintenance of the team, pushing the members of the group for high performance, generating supervision to the team, building of cohesion in
the group. The adjourning phase can also be noted by the group leader in the group.
What communication styles/patterns do you notice the group using?
Mostly the non-verbal mode of communication can be identified by the group.
What bonds the group? At what points does the group present cohesion?
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The group bonds over the common disdain regarding the several parental issues and peer pressures as well, leading to the breaking of the
stereotypes interests the group and keeps them intact.
The factor affecting the cohesiveness of the amount and the time of interaction of the group with its members. There is plenty of opportunity to
talk. Again while in self disclosure cohesiveness can be further identified.
What elements of Group Culture do notice? (ie what values, beliefs and/or customs does the group share)
The group has the common developed mentality of an American teenager, who seeks to be identified and also needs to be identified as an adult
and develop an identity of themselves. They deal with the parental stress and deals with the hardships of life and gets affected by their
expectations and falls hard upon reality.
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How did the broader environment (i.e. family systems, social systems, peer systems, educational systems etc.) influence the group
members and group dynamics?
The group members has been certainly followed and restricted by the group leader who has been assessing the members of the group. There
have been a lot of ideas regarding the involvement of the certain generalizing skills that the group members were directed to follow by the
group leaders. The issues of peer pressures has been restricted by the involvement of the leader with the teenagers and develop ideas by taking
suggestions from the group.
Remember Critical incidents are turning points or a singularly helpful event that occurs during the group process. Typically a critical
incident will have a significant impact on how the group is evolving. What critical incidents did you notice in the movie?
The critical incidents that has been taking place in the movie are- the incidents taking place in the computer labs, the incidents taking place in
the locker room, the guidance consultant room incident, the situation of the prom and the incidents with the lockers that has been repeatedly
highlighted in the movie.
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