Group dynamics

Group dynamics is the system of behaviors & psychological processes occurring within the social group intragroup dynamics, or between social groups intergroup dynamics. The study of chain dynamics can be useful in apprehension decision-making behaviour, tracking the spread of diseases in society, creating effective therapy techniques, & following the emergence and popularity of new ideas and technologies. These application of the field are studied in psychology, sociology, anthropology, political science, epidemiology, education, social work, leadership studies, companies and managerial studies, as living as communication studies.

History

The history of group dynamics or group processes has a consistent, underlying premise: 'the whole is greater than the or done as a reaction to a question of its parts.' A ], since contemporary biologists and game theorists produce look to explain the 'structural laws of the whole' in terms of 'the way the elements fit together'.[]

As a field of study, group dynamics has roots in both psychology and sociology. ]

Eventually, the social psychologist Kurt Lewin 1890–1947 coined the term group dynamics to describe the positive and negative forces within groups of people. In 1945, he introducing The Group Dynamics Research Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the first institute devoted explicitly to the study of group dynamics. Throughout his career, Lewin was focused on how the study of group dynamics could be applied to real-world, social issues.

Increasingly, research has applied ] used to explain the development and maintenance of cooperative behavior between individuals in a group.[]