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Communication in small groups consists of three or more people who share a common goal and communicate collectively to achieve it. [1] During small group communication, interdependent participants analyze data, evaluate the nature of the problem(s), decide and provide a possible solution or procedure.
Bona fide group theory is a theoretical perspective of communication in small groups that was initially developed by Linda Putnam and Cynthia Stohl in the 1990s. [1] Intended to provide communication theorists with a valid model of small groups on which to conduct research, this perspective focuses on the principles of communication that take place within naturally formed social groups. [2]
Symbolic convergence theory (SCT) is a communication theory developed by Ernest Bormann proposing that the holding of fantasies in common transforms collections of individuals into cohesive groups. SCT offers an explanation for the appearance of a group's cohesiveness, consisting of shared emotions, motives, and meanings.
Steven A. Beebe (born September 19, 1950) is an American professor of communication. He is a communication and C. S. Lewis scholar who discovered a fragment of an unpublished manuscript started by C.S. Lewis that was to be co-authored by J. R. R. Tolkien about communication (Language and Human Nature). [1]
Beatrice Beebe (born June 8, 1946) is a clinical psychologist known for her research in attachment and early infant-parent communication. [1] Her work helped established the importance of non-verbal communication in early child development.
Sociology of small groups is a subfield of sociology that studies the action, interaction and the types of social groups that result from social relations. [1] In social life, society is a large social group which contains many subgroups. [ 2 ]
Bales then became a professor at Harvard, [2] working in the university's Laboratory of Human Relations. [3] In 1950, Bales published a book titled Interaction Process Analysis: A Method for the Study of Small Groups in which he described in great detail his musings of human interaction within small groups. [4]
Helen Louise Hulick Beebe (December 27, 1908 – March 18, 1989) was an American educator and pioneer of auditory-verbal therapy. In 1938, she made headlines when a judge jailed her for wearing trousers while appearing as a witness in court.