Group performance: a confrontation of a proximate with an ultimate evaluation

Forschungsbericht | Research report

"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."[auathor´s abstract]

Object Details

• Alternative title: Gruppenverhalten: eine Konfrontation von Näherung und ultimativer Evaluierung
• Extent: Seite(n): 24
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Hamburger Forschungsberichte zur Sozialpsychologie (HaFoS) (67)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Psychologie ; Sozialpsychologie ; Gruppe ; Evolutionstheorie ; Gruppendynamik ; Verhalten ; Bewertung ; Prozess ; Prozessanalyse ; Kleingruppe ; deskriptive Studie

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Witte, Erich H.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Universität Hamburg, Fak. für Erziehungswissenschaft, Psychologie und Bewegungswissenschaft, FB Psychologie, Arbeitsbereich Sozialpsychologie
• (where): Deutschland, Hamburg
• (when): 2006

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-362311
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:27 PM CEST