Exam 8: Group Processes

Hendrika owns a small aerospace company and wants to make sure that she recognizes the signs of groupthink if it crops up in her group meetings.She should be especially concerned that groupthink may be occurring if the group exhibits which of the following characteristics?

What do psychologists call individuals who have the power to impose a settlement on opposing parties?

What is the most important reason for process loss?

What has research concerning the relationship between group performance and cohesiveness shown?

Which of the following is most likely to be increased by attentional cues that decrease self-awareness?

At Midtown High School,the football players and cheerleaders do not get along at all.The cheerleaders think the football players are shallow and obnoxious.The football players feel the same way about the cheerleaders.What do the football players and the cheerleaders seem to suffer from?

What types of roles develop in groups?

Sharice has just joined the theatre group in her community.Which of the following is most likely?

Consider the research of Ingham and colleagues (1974),in which blindfolded people were led to believe they were pulling a rope with others.What did the researchers find about the effort expended by those blindfolded participants?

Cottrell et al.(1968)found that dominant responses were no more frequent among people working in the presence of blindfolded others than among people working alone.Which theory of social facilitation is this finding consistent with?

In which of the following conditions is deindividuation most likely?

If a leader focuses his or her group on the tasks it needs to achieve,what role is he or she playing?

Latasha joined a campus group called "Young Conservatives." Which of these outcomes is most consistent with the persuasive-arguments explanation for group polarization?

After a long strike at General Hospital,the nurses ask Dwight for help.He listens to the positions of both the nurses and the administration,suggests some compromises,and communicates each side's reaction to the other.What is Dwight's role in this situation?

Consider the research by Zajonc et al.(1969),in which cockroaches run in simple or complex mazes either alone,in pairs,or with an audience.Which explanation of social facilitation does this research provide support for?

What effect does group brainstorming have on the quality of ideas produced?

In which of the following cases is group polarization most likely to occur?

Viviana lives in an ethnically diverse community.She is attending a PTA meeting concerning how to provide a complete and fair history curriculum.Which of the following is most likely to happen?

Calvin is part of a highly cohesive group and wants to be sure that this cohesiveness positively impacts the performance of the group.In which of the following situations could Calvin be most certain of this?

Which theory maintains that group polarization is the result of the quantity and quality of ideas exchanged in the group?