Exam 14: Groups

As discussed in the text, the topics of power and leadership ____.

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

The commons dilemma refers to the tendency for people to ____.

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 ____.

Based on research on social facilitation, we should expect that-all else being equal-children who work on a set of easy puzzles alone will ____ than children who work on the same puzzles side by side in a big group of other children.

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

The idea that one social loafer can cause others to loaf as well is known as the ____________________.

Research suggests that, in the business world, the most successful chief executive officers (CEOs)are those who are resolute in their opinions as well as those who are ____.

People are more likely to engage in the commons dilemma when ____.

Suppose that Office Building X makes use of an open floor plan with many shared spaces (rather than cubicles or offices). This kind of floor plan is likely to increase productivity among some employees but decrease productivity among others. Of the people below, who is likely to benefit most ?

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

People who are high in power tend to ____.

In one study, a team of researchers sought to determine how big an impact the Chief Executive Officer (CEO)had on the performance of a company, as reflected in company profits. They concluded that the answer was about ____.

It would be most accurate to say that "groups are smarter than individuals" when ____.

Research on diversity in groups indicates that, compared to more homogeneous groups, diverse groups tend to ____.

The so-called commons dilemma involves two kinds of conflicts: one concerning ____ and one concerning ____.

Given existing research on individualism versus collectivism, what kinds of differences (if any)should we expect between individualists and collectivists in terms of social loafing?

Social psychologists have coined the term ____________________ to refer to loss of self-awareness and loss of individual accountability in a group.

Which explanation does your text offer for why people low in power tend to laugh more often?

Group sexual activity involving more than two people ____.