STRUCTURING PERCEPTIONS OF GROUP PROCESS
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GROUP PROCESS, PERCEPTIONSAbstract
An adaptation of Cattell's (1948) definition of group can provide a frame of reference for the group worker to organize his perceptions of process. Cattell's article, originally addressed to social psychologists, requires some modification if it is to be a model for viewing the face-to-face group. Cattell held that three panels, or aspects, must be taken into account in defining a group: (1) syntality traits; (2) characteristics of internal structure and (3) population traits.
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