5 Cohesion and Development
Intimate attachments to other human beings are the hub around which a person’s
life revolves, not only when he is an infant or a toddler or a schoolchild but throughout
his adolescence and his years of maturity as well, and on into old age. From these intimate
attachments a person draws his strength and enjoyment of life and, through
what he contributes, he gives strength and enjoyment to others.”
John Bowlby (1980)
- Chapter Case Study – U.S. Olympic Hockey Team of 1980: The U.S. 1980 Olympic Hockey Team is described in many web pages scattered across the internet, including
- Tuckman’s stage model remains one of the best-known theories of group development (the original article (which was published in Psychological Bulletin in 1965) is available at this site
- Group development raises a number of interesting questions about group development, such as the need for an additional stage (informing) and a renaming of the final stage in Tuckman’s model (adjourning) as “mourning.”
