Exam 9: Group Processes: Influence in Social Groups

In Karim's family, it is required that cell phones be locked in a drawer during dinner time. However, in Marco's family, cell phones are encouraged to be brought to the table and used extensively during dinner. This example illustrates that norms __________.

A leadership style that is warm, helpful, kind, and concerned with the welfare of others is __________, while a leadership style that is assertive, controlling, independent, dominant, and self-confident is __________.

Presently, there are three main ideas as to why the presence of others leads to greater arousal. Which of the following is NOT one of the three explanations? The presence of others __________.

Group or team learning activities are becoming more common in the university setting. That is, professors often assign students to work in groups. Given what you know about social loafing, what advice would you give a professor who is considering using group learning activities?

The results of Zajonc's study on cockroaches and social facilitation showed __________.

Who will probably be most successful at performing his or her task?

Experimental research on social conflicts has shown that the greatest amount of cooperation occurs when __________.

According to your text, the most optimal kind of resolution to a conflict situation is __________.

When it comes to social dilemmas such as the "prisoner's dilemma" game, the tit-for-tat strategy __________.

According to your text, group members tend to __________ in age, sex, beliefs, and opinions.

Complete the following analogy. Transactional leaders: __________:: Transformational leaders: __________.

When people or roaches undertake a difficult task, the presence of others __________ performance; when they undertake a simple task, the presence of others __________ performance.

You have agreed to lead a group of students who will advise the university president on a matter of great concern to students. More specifically, the president has asked you to come up with a way to encourage students to complete their undergraduate degrees in less than five years. A lot rides on your advice to the university president. What might you as a leader do to prevent groupthink from causing you to make defective decisions in your group discussions?

Ted is a manager who effectively motivates his employees to complete their short-term projects in a timely manner without sacrificing quality. Ted always rewards the employees who meet these goals. Ted has a __________ leadership style.

Social __________ refers to the tendency of people to do worse on simple tasks and better on complex tasks when they are in the presence of others and when their individual performance cannot be evaluated.

Recall that in one condition of the experiment conducted by Stasser and Titus (1985) about Student Senate president candidates, all group members had access to the same information, and that in another condition, members had unique information that other group members didn't know. In the second (unshared information) condition, the group made a worse decision than in the first (shared information) condition. This occurred because groups __________.

Which of the following is NOT true with respect to women and leadership?

You are asked to provide a talk about the composition and function of groups. Aligned with your text, what will be the topics you cover in your talk?

Group cohesiveness is defined as qualities of a group that __________.

What is deindividuation and why does it occur (sometimes leading to riots or vigilante justice)?