Exam 8: People in Groups

________ believe that people in groups behave in much the same way as they do by themselves, and that group processes are really nothing more than interpersonal processes between multiple people, whereas ________ believe that the behaviour of people in groups is influenced by unique social processes and cognitive representations that can only occur in and emerge from groups.

Ted is a social psychologist in the Oxford department of psychology. Phillip is a social psychologist in the Stanford department of psychology. 'Social psychologist' is:

In Tuckman's (1965) five-stage developmental sequence that groups go through, which is the stage where consensus, cohesion and a sense of common identity and purpose emerge?

In order to join the OLC (Oranges and Lemons Club) girls must undergo an embarrassing initiation rite that we had better not go into here. Despite this, successful members value becoming an OLC person, probably because they have experienced:

In an experiment on the effect of social presence, Markus (1978) found that participants:

Evaluation apprehension, matching to standard and output equity are terms relating to:

Because there is a compulsory student union fee at her university, Linda decided not to be a financial member. However, she happily claims a discount on what she buys at the university bookshop, eats cheap meals at the student cafeteria and makes use of club room space. In social psychological terms, Linda is a:

Alex and Lauren have been close friends since they were 6-years old. They are now part of rival pub trivia teams and their respective teams are competing against each other for the grand prize-a $50 bar tab. From this information, Alex has ________ for Lauren and ________ for her.

Roger is a world-class tennis player. But he really lifts his game when playing:

While studying human efficiency using a rope and a dynamometer, Ringelmann found that:

From the following, the best way to reduce the possibility of social loafing would be to:

In the interpersonal interdependence model of group cohesiveness, we would expect group members to:

According to terror management theory, people join groups to:

Bill sees some people stopped on the street staring at the top of a building. He would not think of them as a group as such because they are probably a(n):

The main difference between social 'loafing' and 'free-riding' is that:

Monique, Juliette and Harold want to hire a car during their overseas holiday. Monique argues for a campervan with a cooker, Juliette for a small cheap-to-run vehicle, and Harold for a station wagon with plenty of room for luggage. They finally agree on Harold's suggestion. The task of deciding on a suitable car was:

In small group communication research, groups with a main 'hub person':

The three basic processes involved in Moreland's group socialisation are:

Distraction-conflict theory has had some success in accounting for social facilitation because it:

In a now classic study by Zimbardo, students were divided into prisoners and guards. A central finding was that: