Talk:Group dynamics

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Most published and experienced work in group dynamics is very biased because of the YAVIS phenomena (Young Attractive Verbal Intelligent Successful). Working with "inscrutible" persons has been very difficlut because non-YAVIS methods are still being developed. The Big Brother popular television series, with several high-definition audiovisual recordings of a group is still evolving as a research tool that shows the failings of all prior research tools.

Was removed by an anonymous editor as nonsense. While unsourced, it is certainly not nonsense. Fred Bauder 19:14, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

The way it is written would be almost impossible to defend: "Most published and experienced work in group dynamics is very biased..." YAVIS is certainly a term used in psychotherapy. I haven't come across any studies of its applicability to group dynamics. I didn't remove the statement, but I didn't disagree with its removal. It would need a fair amount of work. Perhaps someone could begin by supplying some citations. Sunray 20:33, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

References

The references are almost archaic. And there is a lot more to group process than this article hints at. Someone who has the time might be able to get some current peer-reviewed articles discussing group process and dynamics. I know there are some excellent ones in the field of nursing that would apply to all group process...I don't have the time right now though. 198.166.58.153 20:36, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

While agreeing with the value of more modern references, I would like to add a link to an etext version of LeBon's work. The Univ of Virginia Library has an etext that has been compared to their actual copy in their holdings. I propose the following be appended to the reference entry for LeBon: The 1896 Macmillan Co Edition of this book available from the Electronic Text Center of the University of Virginia Library. AndrewMinko (talk) 20:59, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Merge

Proposal: "Group process" be merged into this article.

Rationale: Both articles are slim and need updated citations. The two together, with some updating, might make a reasonable article. Of the two terms, "Group dynamics" is the more common (2M+ hits on Google for "Group dynamics" vs. 1M for "Group process"). While group dynamics and group process are similar, both can be distinguished from the WP article on Group development, which is written from a more theoretical and "macro" viewpoint. There would, nevertheless need to be some rationalizing of content between the articles. Please indicate your support or opposition to this proposal below by 12:00 p.m. (UTC), October 4. Sunray (talk) 21:50, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

Merge completed. Sunray (talk) 06:23, 6 October 2008 (UTC)