Question 1

A role in a group that is focused on providing emotional support and maintaining group morale is considered

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A)   instrumental.
B)   expressive.
C)   formal.
D)   informal.

Question 2

Though the new mentoring program doesn't seem to be working very well, Principal McVickers argues that the school should continue to invest in it because they have already committed so many resources to it.This illustrates

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A)   social loafing.
B)   groupthink.
C)   the escalation effect.
D)   the sucker effect. C

Question 3

A negotiated reduction to a conflict in which all parties obtain outcomes that are superior to those they would have obtained from an equal division of contested resources is called a(n)

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A)   social dilemma.
B)   superordinate identity.
C)   integrative agreement.
D)   prisoner's dilemma.

Question 4

Groupthink is more likely to occur

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A)   when groups have systematic decision-making procedures.
B)   if the group lacks a strong directive leader.
C)   in low-stress situations.
D)   in highly cohesive groups.

Question 5

Research on brainstorming in groups demonstrates that

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A)   people brainstorming together produce fewer and lower-quality ideas than those brainstorming individually.
B)   people believe that the ideas generated in group brainstorming sessions are not as good as those generated by individuals.
C)   group brainstorming can be enhanced by production blocking.
D)   people feel more comfortable expressing unusual ideas in group brainstorming sessions.

Question 6

According to research by Kugihara (1999) , social loafing is more likely to occur among

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A)   men.
B)   women.
C)   African Americans.
D)   Asian Americans.

Question 7

Sam, Diane, and Frasier are members of a team competing in a test of general knowledge.Any team member can answer the moderator's questions.The team's task can be described as

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A)   additive.
B)   conjunctive.
C)   disjunctive.
D)   collective.

Question 8

Wagerman and others (2009) found that stability of membership

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A)   had no impact on team performance.
B)   had high impact on team performance.
C)   had low impact on team performance.
D)   was irrelevant to team performance. B

Question 9

Chinese-American college students primed with Chinese images before playing a prisoner's dilemma game

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A)   cooperated more when playing with friends than when playing with strangers.
B)   cooperated less than did Chinese Americans primed with American images.
C)   endorsed collectivist ideals during the game, but tended to play in a rather competitive manner.
D)   endorsed individualistic ideals during the game, but tended to play in a rather cooperative manner.

Question 10

Research by Zajonc et al.(1969) in which cockroaches run in simple or complex mazes alone, in pairs, or with an audience provides support for which explanation of social facilitation?

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A)   The evaluation apprehension theory
B)   The distraction-conflict theory
C)   The persuasive arguments theory
D)   The mere presence theory

Question 11

Deborah has just joined a sorority at her school.She is unsure what she should wear when she goes to eat at the sorority's dining hall.Her concern reflects Deborah's uncertainty of the

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A)   informal role.
B)   formal role.
C)   informal norm.
D)   formal norm C

Question 12

A leader who focuses his or her group on the task(s) it needs to achieve is playing a(n)

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A)   facilitator role.
B)   instrumental role.
C)   normative role.
D)   expressive role.

Question 13

It seems that every Halloween night in Gotham is marred by violence and vandalism.In order to reduce the likelihood of such behavior, the leaders of Gotham should

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A)   increase self-awareness by making sure everyone who goes out wears a name tag.
B)   increase anonymity by making sure that everyone who goes out wears a mask.
C)   make sure that people only venture outside in groups.
D)   create a highly stimulating environment by playing loud Halloween music over all public address systems.

Question 14

Cohesion does seem to exert a causal effect on group performance, but whether this effect occurs depends upon

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A)   group size.
B)   whether it is task or interpersonal cohesion.
C)   the nature of the group task.
D)   All of these

Question 15

In many anonymous online communities, accountability is ______ and attentional cues are _______.

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A)   low; low
B)   low; high
C)   high; low
D)   high; high

Question 16

Kelly always remembers the information about family events, birthdays, finances, and so forth.Her spouse, Kirk, always remembers the information about world history, politics, news events, and so forth.Together, they are able to remember much more than they would alone because they have developed a(n) _____ system.

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A)   transactive memory
B)   group support
C)   electronic brainstorming
D)   social facilitation

Question 17

According to Zajonc's model of social facilitation, the three steps in determining the influence of the presence of others on performance are

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A)   arousal, dominant response, and task difficulty.
B)   relaxation, elimination of apprehension, and task difficulty.
C)   construal, arousal, and attribution.
D)   social comparison, attribution, and justification.

Question 18

Biased sampling is least likely to reduce group effectiveness when group members have _____ trust, and unique information is known by _____.

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A)   high; only one group member
B)   high; more than one group member
C)   low; only one group member
D)   low; more than one group member

Question 19

Groupthink emerges when

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A)   the need for agreement takes priority over the desire to obtain correct information.
B)   group members feel that they will be unable to compensate for social loafing.
C)   individual benefits are in conflict with the needs of the group.
D)   group norms overwhelm individual identities.

Question 20

The theory that the presence of others will produce social facilitation effects only when those others distract one's attention from the task at hand is known as

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A)   mere presence theory.
B)   evaluation apprehension theory.
C)   distraction-conflict theory.
D)   the transactive memory hypothesis.

Exam 8: Group Processes

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Though the new mentoring program doesn't seem to be working very well, Principal McVickers argues that the school should continue to invest in it because they have already committed so many resources to it.This illustrates

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A negotiated reduction to a conflict in which all parties obtain outcomes that are superior to those they would have obtained from an equal division of contested resources is called a(n)

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Research on brainstorming in groups demonstrates that

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According to research by Kugihara (1999) , social loafing is more likely to occur among

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Research by Zajonc et al.(1969) in which cockroaches run in simple or complex mazes alone, in pairs, or with an audience provides support for which explanation of social facilitation?

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