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Differentiation matching
Author(s) -
Foa Uriel G.,
Mitchell Terence R.,
Fiedler Fred E.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
behavioral science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1099-1743
pISSN - 0005-7940
DOI - 10.1002/bs.3830160203
Subject(s) - matching (statistics) , interpersonal communication , task (project management) , cognition , psychology , cognitive psychology , social psychology , medicine , neuroscience , engineering , systems engineering , pathology
An individual will be more effective in his adjustive and task‐related functions when the degree to which he distinguishes among elements of his environment or other people matches the differentiation found in the environment or in the other people. Differentiation matching is discussed in three settings: Matching of the group leader's cognition to the task situation; communication among members of different cultures and a comparison of the interpersonal cognitive structures of mental patients and normal individuals. The effects of differentiation matching are related to problems of cognitive development, its cultural diversities, and its pathology.