Exam 9: Group Processes: Influence in Social Groups

You are a member of a team of detectives and police investigators who are trying to solve a crime. Based on information in your text about information sharing in groups, what would be the best way for your team to discuss the crime and solve it accurately?

Which of the following is NOT a way to improve group decision-making and avoid the problems of process loss in groups?

In Cirque du Soleil, performers include highly choreographed acrobats, dancers, actors, and gymnasts. In order to perform their best, these performers should be __________.

Although the term "group" is used commonly in everyday conversation, it has a very specific meaning in the context of social psychology. First, define "group," and be sure you include the two essential properties of groups in your definition. Second, identify a group in the real world. It can be one that you belong to, or just know of. Explain how the group you've identified exemplifies the two central properties of a group.

Based on what the authors of your text state about the effects of deindividuation, which of the following people would be the most likely to shoplift?

You are a project manager at your company, and you must choose the last member of your team. Which of the following people would be the least likely to social loaf?

The contingency theory of leadership assumed that there are two kinds of leaders: __________ and __________ leaders.

According to Robert Zajonc's (1969, 1980) social facilitation theory, would you play pool better alone, or when others are observing you? Explain your answer.

Describe the consequences of the "double bind" of conflicting social-role demands that can make it difficult for women to be successful as leaders.

Research illustrated that even the presence of a(n) __________ impacted performance such that participants did better on __________ tasks and worse on __________ tasks.

According to Zimbardo, why would U.S. soldiers abuse the prisoners they were ordered to guard?

Under what conditions will groups tend to make better decisions than individuals?

A group is defined as __________.

Shared group expectations about how particular group members are expected to behave are called __________.

When you sense a situation where there is no individual accountability, it may lead you to __________.

Deindividuation is a feeling of __________ that often results in impulsive, deviant acts.

When studying deindividuation in adolescents, it was found that warning the adolescents that their parents might read their posts online was successful in curbing their writing bad things about another person. Why do researchers believe this was so powerful in averting their behavior?

The evaluation apprehension explanation for the source of arousal that produces social facilitation posits that __________ leads to increased arousal-and thus to enhanced performance on simple tasks.

In the early "trucking" game studies by Deutsch and Krauss (1960, 1962), it was found that allowing the competing participants to communicate during the game __________.

Zajonc (1965) wrote an influential article in which he posited a theoretical explanation for the social facilitation effect. Elegantly simple, this explanation included two steps: