“TEAM: Together Everyone Achieves More”

Submitted by:
Amosin, Angelique D.

Babas, Denah Grace L.

Buenvenida, Shemaiah Louise B.

Caballero, Sheina C.

Cagoco, Gregorio Paulo D.

Corpuz, Clexandrea D.

Dichoso, Paula C.

Ganila, Alyssa G.

Jacildo, Lizel Jemimah Y.

Pineda, Angel Mae B.

Pyo, Enok

Quidato, Kyrah

Sajonia, Zenith Icon A.

Trespecios, Mialey C.

Villarin, Mary Clarence G.

Submitted to:
Prof. Pedro P. Galeno

Faculty, Psychology 217 (Group Dynamics)

The Grade 10 of Alphacrest Academy Inc.

General Objectives:
Appendix A

Lecturette 1:

HERE ARE SOME TIPS FOR HOW TO GET RID OF STRESS:

1. Meditate

“Research suggests that daily meditation may alter the brain’s neural pathways, making you more

resilient to stress.” - Dr. Robbie Maller Hartman, PhD

2. Breathe deeply

“Deep breathing counters the effects of stress by slowing the heart rate and lowering blood pressure.” -

Dr. Judith Tudin, PhD

3. Be present

“Take 5 minutes and focus on only one behavior with awareness; when you spend time in the moment

and focus on your senses, you should feel less tense.” - Dr. Judith Tudin, PhD

4. Reach out

“Your social network is one of your best tools for handling stress.”

5. Decompress

“Place a warm heat wrap around your neck and shoulders for 10 minutes. Close your eyes and relax your

face neck, upper chest, and back muscles. Remove the wrap, and use a tennis ball or foam roller to

massage away tension.” - Asst. Prof. Cathy Benninger, The Ohio State University

6. Laugh out loud

“A good belly laugh doesn’t just lighten the load mentally. It lowers cortisol, your body’s stress hormone,

and boosts brain chemicals called endorphins, which help your mood.”

7. Crank up the tunes

mind to focus on the different melodies, instruments, or singers in the piece.” - Asst. Prof. Cathy

Benninger, The Ohio State University

8. Get moving

“All forms of exercise, including yoga and walking can ease depression, and anxiety by helping the brain

release feel-good chemicals and by giving your body a chance to practice dealing with stress.”

9. Be grateful

“Keep a gratitude journal to help you remember all the things that are good in life.”

http://www.webmd.com/balance/guide/blissing-out-10-relaxation-techniques-reduce-stress-spot

Lecturette 2:

WHAT IS GROUP?

A collection of individuals who have regular contact and frequent interaction, mutual influence, common

feeling of camaraderie, and who work together to achieve a common set of goals.

 A number of people that work together or share certain beliefs.

TYPES OF GROUPS

 PRIMARY GROUPS

 exist chiefly to satisfy human needs for inclusion and

affection rather than to accomplish a task; usually long

term.

 SECONDARY GROUPS

 Formed for the purpose of doing work, such as completing a task,

solving a problem, or making a decision

 Activity groups

 Personal growth groups

 Learning groups

 Problem solving groups

UNDERSTANDING THE NATURE OF GROUPS

ASPECTS OF THE GROUP:

ROLES

 The various parts played by group members

 Position that people occupy within the group, each with different expectations for behavior.

NORMS

 The rules and expectations that develop within groups.

 The distribution of power and prestige among group members.

COMMUNICATION STRUCTURE

 The communication channels in the group and who communicates with whom.

COHESIVENESS

 The members’ sense of belonging

 Attracted to each other, accept its goals and help achieve it.

 “WE” that makes us together--- work like an adhesive.

COMMUNICATION IN GROUPS

WHAT IS COMMUNICATION?

 The perception, interpretation, and response of people to signals produced by other people.

 The verbal and nonverbal process by which individuals forge themselves into a group, maintain

the group ,and coordinate their efforts.

PRINCIPLES OF COMMUNICATION

Human communication is symbolic

 Meanings is not transferred from one person to another: rather people send messages to each

other that must be interpreted

 Signals may be either SIGNS or SYMBOLS

Communication is personal

 The same word can have different meaning to different people

Communication is a transactional process

 Transactional implies:

 Participants in a communication encounter must cooperate and work together to achieve mutual

meaning and understanding.

 The sender-receiver roles in a communication transaction occur simultaneously.

Process implies:

Communication is not always intentional

 Sometimes stated “you cannot NOT communicate”.

 the way signals are interpreted may not be the way they were intended .

• Communication involves content, relationship.

a) Content or the denotative level of the message is subject or topics of the message.
 b) Relationship level of the message refers to what the message reveals about how

the speaker views his/her relationship to other participants.

c) Affective level of the message reveals how the speaker feels about what she/he is

saying.

( the latter two levels provide the connotative or implied, level of the message.)

Failure to communicate in group will lead to…

× Misunderstanding

× Conflict

× Uncommitted

× Mistrust

× Disintegration

× Confrontations etc.

TIPS FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION

 Be Clear.

 When members of a team are unclear on the goals of the team and their individual

responsibilities, team motivation and morale can suffer.

 The expectation must be set that if any team member is not clear, they have an obligation to ask.

One simple trick to help team leaders overcome this barrier is to check for understanding at the

end of each meeting.

 Be Present.
When team members communicate with one another, each team member must make a commitment to

really listen, seek to understand one another, use appropriate body language and ask clarifying questions.

Be Courteous.

 Probably one of the most overlooked B’s to effective team communication is the lack of good old

fashion politeness.

 Not being courteous in communication can result in hard feelings towards team members and the

potential for individuals on the team to put up walls.

 Cutting people off when they are talking, not saying “thank you” “excuse me” and “please,”

personally attacking team members and being condescending are all examples of poor team

manners that can result in poor work communication on teams.

Be Flexible.

 There are going to be times when not everyone on the team is going to agree with an opinion or

on a decision that has been made.

 Team members need to be flexible enough to support decisions contrary to their own desires,

given that their opinions have been shared and adequately heard.

 Supporting the decision doesn’t mean that everyone has to agree, but they must be willing to help

make whatever has been decided a success.

Be Kind.

 Team members must be careful to never talk bad about each other.

 If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all.

 Or, if you aren’t willing to address a problem with the person there, then don’t.
  Refrain from gossip, it erodes the trust of those you are gossiping to and takes big chunks out of

team morale.

Appendix B