Cambridge International Dictionary of English

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group/gru:p/

* n [c+sing/plv]| a number of people or things that are put together or considered as a unit.e.g. I'm meeting a group of friends for dinner tonight. | a number of people who play music together, especially popular music.e.g. She began her career by singing in a pop group. —PRASE | A group captain is an officer in the British air force.| A group practice is several doctors who work together in the same place.| The Group of Seven(abbreviation G7) are the seven indusstrial countriesof Canada, France, Italy, Japan, Britain, the United States and Germanywhich meet together to discuss and make plans.| Group therapy is treatment in which people meet in a group to talk abouttheir emotional problems, with a trained leader or doctor present.

* v.# We all grouped together the bride(= formed a group round her) for afamily photograph.# The relatives of those killed in the crash grouped thechildren(=organized themselves into a group with an aim) to seekcompensation.# I always grouped the children(put them in groups) according to age.# The books were grouped (= put into groups) by size.

--by Translation Talent

n. 团体 , 组 , 团 , 群 any number of entities (members) consider

ed as a unit

v. 聚合 , 成群 arrange into a group or groups

form a group or group together

they always help you when you are in trouble

family members

Group in life

friends, partners

they would be the best group members

What does group need

leadership faith skills target communication

teamwork

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These units are designed to help you better understand group communication. Each unit offers instructional notes

and then gives you the opportunity to further

investigate each concept by engaging in an interactive activity or a quick quiz.

• Trenholm, Sarah. (1995). Thinking through communication: An Introduction to the study of human communication. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

• Schutz, William. (1958). Firo: A three-dimensional theory of interpersonal behavior. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston. • Steiner, I.D. (1972). Group processes and productivity. New York: Academic Press. • Tubbs, Stewart. (1995). A systems approach to small group interaction. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1995. • Fisher, B. Aubrey. (1970). Decision emergence: Phases in group decision making. Speech Monographs, 37, 53-66. • Tuckman, Bruce. (1965). Developmental sequence in small groups. Psychological Bulletin, 63, 384-399. • Poole, Marshall Scott. (1981). Decision development in small groupsI: A comparison of two models. Communication Monographs, 48, 1-

24; Poole, Marshall Scott. (1983). Decision development in small groups II: A study of mutiple sequences in decision making. Communication Monographs, 50, 206-232; Poole, Marshall Scott. (1983). Decision development in small groups III: A multiple sequence model of group decision development. Communication Monographs, 50, 321-341; Poole, Marshall Scott, & Roth, Jonelle. (1989). Decision development in small groups V: Test of a contigency model. Human Communication Research, 15, 549-589.

• Dewey, John. (1910). How we think. Lexington, MA: Heath. • Irving, Janis. (1972). Victims of groupthink. Boston: Houghton Mifflin; Irving, Janis. (1982). Groupthink: Psychological studies of policy d

ecisions and fiascos. 2nd ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. • Bormann, Ernest G., & Bormann, Nancy C. (1988). Effective small group communication. 4th ed. Edina, MN: Burgess. • Benne, Kenneth, & Sheats, Paul. (1948). Functional roles of group members. Journal of Social Issues, 4, 41-49. • Ruble, T.L. & Thomas, K.W. (1976). Support for a two-dimensional model of conflict behavior. Organizational Behavior and Human Perf

ormance, 16, 143-155. • Gouran, Dennis, W.E. Wiethoff, & J.A. Doelger. (1994). Mastering communication. 2nd ed. Boston: Allyn and Bacon. • Gouran, Dennis, W.E. Wiethoff, & J.A. Doelger. (1994). Mastering communication. 2nd ed. Boston: Allyn and Bacon. • Knapp, Mark. (1984). Interpersonal communication and human relationships. Boston: Allyn and Bacon. • Duck, Stephen. (1985). Social and personal relationships. In M.L. Knapp and G.R. Miller (Eds.) Handbook of interpersonal communicati

on (pp. 665-686). Beverly Hills, CA: Sage. • Gouran, Dennis, W.E. Wiethoff, & J.A. Doelger. (1994). Mastering communication. 2nd ed. Boston: Allyn and Bacon. • Luft, Joe. (1969). Of human interaction. Palo Alto: National Press. • Sieberg, Evelyn. (1975). Interpersonal confirmation: A paradigm for conceptualization and measurement. San Diego: United States Inter

national University. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 098 634). • Trenholm, Sarah. (1995). Thinking through communication: An Introduction to the study of human communication. Boston: Allyn and Ba

con. • Hocker, J.L. and Wilmot, W.W. (1991). Interpersonal conflict. Dubuque, IA: William C. Brown. • Gouran, Dennis, W.E. Wiethoff, & J.A. Doelger. (1994). Mastering communication. 2nd ed. Boston: Allyn and Bacon. • Zueschner, Raymond. (1997). Communicating Today. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

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