Exam 14: Groups

Which of the following is an example of group polarisation?

Given Max Ringelmann's early research looking at group size and individual effort, should we expect Student X to put in a different amount of effort depending on whether she worked on a history project in a five-person group or a two-person group?

In general, how does the presence of an audience affect task performance?

Research suggests that group decision-making is superior to individual decision-making when ____.

People tend to reduce effort when working in a group as opposed to when working alone.This phenomenon is known as ____.

The 'risky shift' refers to the tendency for ____.

The level of accountability is the single biggest factor in predicting aggression associated with deindividuation.

We should expect social loafing to be greatly reduced when ____.

In a nutshell, the research on diversity in groups indicates that ____.

Identify and briefly discuss at least four factors that cause a group of people to feel especially unified and bonded.

Which of the following is NOT typically a trait found among successful leaders?

Getting lots of independent opinions from average people _____.

When groups make use of transactive memory, they tend to ____.

As discussed in the text, when a group experiences a shared emotional experience (whether positive or negative), they tend to feel ____.When they are given a name or uniform that identifies them as a group, they tend to feel ____.

Social psychologists use the term ____ to refer to concern about how others are evaluating your performance.

Self-censorship is associated with ____.

As defined in the text, a(n) ____________________ is a collection of at least two people who are being or doing something together.

Compared to human groups, the social groups formed by animals are much less tolerant of ____.

Suppose that you are the manager of an electronics store, and that you have asked the salespeople in two different departments - the camera department and the computer department - to come up with regular, weekly ideas about how to increase sales.However, you have asked the people in the camera department to think up ideas independently, whereas you have asked the people in the computer department to get together as a group every week and brainstorm.You should expect, after several weeks of this, that ____.

Suppose that you own a rowboat and sometimes go rowing in the summer.In December, you are planning to go rowing with two of your friends (three people total in the boat), and in January, you are planning to go rowing with just one friend (two people total in the boat).Will you put in more effort (row harder) on the three-person trip or on the two-person trip?