Exam 8: Group Processes

Josephine coordinates a food pantry on her local college campus.Students are welcome to come take what they______________ need and they are also encouraged to donate what they can.Everyone does their part and the pantry helps dozens of students every week.This is an example of a(n)______________dilemma.

All of the following accounts have been proposed to explain social facilitation except

According to the social brain hypothesis,what would be an accurate prediction?

A group of students is discussing whether same-sex marriage should be legal.The students begin the discussion with opinions that are somewhat in favor of same-sex marriage being legal.If group polarization occurs,

Biased sampling is least likely to reduce group effectiveness when group members have______________trust,and unique information is known by______________.

Attentional cues that decrease self-awareness should increase

All of the following appear to reduce the effectiveness of group brainstorming except

Consider the prisoner's dilemma.You will receive the worst possible outcome in such a scenario if you decide to be and your partner decides to be______________.

Research suggests that a______________would be most likely to engage in social loafing.

A task in which the group's performance is determined by the best group member is considered

Deindividuation is more likely when

Esteban's work group has been assigned a new project by management.Before deciding how much effort to exert on this new assignment,Esteban considers how important the group goals are to him and whether his input will help the group reach its goals.Esteban's thinking is most consistent with

All of the following factors have been suggested to contribute to deindividuation except

Henderson suspects that the other members of his work group may slack off,so he works late and puts in extra time on their proposal.Henderson is engaging in

Ingham and colleagues (1974)asked participants to pull on a rope and found that participants pulled almost 20 percent harder when they thought they were pulling alone than when they thought they were part of a group.This finding best illustrates

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

According to Zhu and others (2007a),one of the primary emphases for a Chinese negotiator is creating guanxi.What does this mean?

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

According to Wage man (2009),what is a key condition for team effectiveness?

Daniel is a negotiator working for a company based in the United States.He is working in the Middle East to try to work out an arrangement between his company and one from that part of the world.Which cultural assumption most likely applies to Daniel,whose cultural orientation is characteristic of the U.S.?