Question 1

Deindividuation is more likely when

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A)  accountability for behavior is high. 
B)  accountability for behavior is low. 
C)  the group is engaged in a conjunctive task. 
D)  the group is engaged in a disjunctive task. 
A)  accountability for behavior is high. 
B)  accountability for behavior is low. 
C)  the group is engaged in a conjunctive task. 
D)  the group is engaged in a disjunctive task.

Question 2

Coach Valentine does not think that his team is playing up to its full potential. To increase the performance of the team, the coach should

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A)  build the team's confidence by setting goals that are not challenging and easy to attain. 
B)  urge each team member to try to do his or her best. 
C)  set specific, challenging, and reachable goals for the team. 
D)  avoid giving the team any particular goals to minimize the pressure on the team. 
A)  build the team's confidence by setting goals that are not challenging and easy to attain. 
B)  urge each team member to try to do his or her best. 
C)  set specific, challenging, and reachable goals for the team. 
D)  avoid giving the team any particular goals to minimize the pressure on the team.

Question 3

In her group, Melanie is always the one who breaks the tension with a funny story and provides a shoulder to cry on when things go wrong. She can be described as playing a(n)

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A)  expressive role. 
B)  facilitator role. 
C)  instrumental role. 
D)  normative role. 
A)  expressive role. 
B)  facilitator role. 
C)  instrumental role. 
D)  normative role.

Question 4

Research by Zajonc et al. (1969) in which cockroaches run in simple or complex mazes either alone, in pairs, or with an audience provides support for which explanation of social facilitation?

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A)  The evaluation apprehension theory 
B)  The distraction-conflict theory 
C)  The persuasive arguments theory 
D)  The mere presence theory 
A)  The evaluation apprehension theory 
B)  The distraction-conflict theory 
C)  The persuasive arguments theory 
D)  The mere presence theory

Question 5

In conjunctive tasks, group performance is determined by the

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A)  sum of the performance of each individual in the group. 
B)  ratio of individual performance to group performance. 
C)  performance of the weakest group member. 
D)  performance of the strongest group member. 
A)  sum of the performance of each individual in the group. 
B)  ratio of individual performance to group performance. 
C)  performance of the weakest group member. 
D)  performance of the strongest group member.

Question 6

A negotiated reduction to a conflict in which all parties obtain outcomes that are superior to those they would have obtained from an equal division of contested resources is called a(n)

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A)  social dilemma. 
B)  superordinate identity. 
C)  integrative agreement. 
D)  prisoner's dilemma. 
A)  social dilemma. 
B)  superordinate identity. 
C)  integrative agreement. 
D)  prisoner's dilemma.

Question 7

According to the theory of social facilitation, the presence of others should lead to all except for which of the following?

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A)  Improved performance on an easy task 
B)  Physiological arousal 
C)  A dominant response 
D)  More carefully deliberated behavior 
A)  Improved performance on an easy task 
B)  Physiological arousal 
C)  A dominant response 
D)  More carefully deliberated behavior

Question 8

According to the ___________, whether deindividuation affects people for better or for worse depends on a group's characteristics and norms.

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A)  process loss model 
B)  social identity model of dendividuation effects 
C)  emotional reciprocation model 
D)  conflict-distraction model of deindividuation 
A)  process loss model 
B)  social identity model of dendividuation effects 
C)  emotional reciprocation model 
D)  conflict-distraction model of deindividuation

Question 9

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

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A)  the presence of others. 
B)  reduced feelings of responsibility. 
C)  low arousal. 
D)  anonymity. 
A)  the presence of others. 
B)  reduced feelings of responsibility. 
C)  low arousal. 
D)  anonymity.

Question 10

Cross-cultural research suggests that when individuals fail to carry their own share of the weight for the group

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A)  cohesiveness suffers less in groups from collectivistic cultures because other people are quick to pick up the slack. 
B)  collectivist groups are more likely to kick out these individuals than are more individualistic groups. 
C)  cohesiveness suffers more in groups from collectivistic cultures. 
D)  collectivistic groups are more likely to seek increases in task complexity. 
A)  cohesiveness suffers less in groups from collectivistic cultures because other people are quick to pick up the slack. 
B)  collectivist groups are more likely to kick out these individuals than are more individualistic groups. 
C)  cohesiveness suffers more in groups from collectivistic cultures. 
D)  collectivistic groups are more likely to seek increases in task complexity.

Question 11

According to the model of ________, when the presence of others is physiologically arousing, a person's performance tends to ________ on a task that is difficult.

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A)  social loafing; decline 
B)  social loafing; improve 
C)  social facilitation; decline 
D)  social facilitation; improve 
A)  social loafing; decline 
B)  social loafing; improve 
C)  social facilitation; decline 
D)  social facilitation; improve

Question 12

Discuss how GRIT can lead to the reduction of group conflict.

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GRIT (graduated and reciprocated initiat

Question 13

Compared to Tuckman and Jensen's (1977) stages of group development, Gersick (1988) suggests that

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A)  groups develop gradually through a series of stages. 
B)  groups adopt problem-solving strategies relatively quickly in their development. 
C)  groups progress through the first stage of development rather quickly, but relatively slowly through the latter stages. 
D)  there is little variability between groups in the course of development. 
A)  groups develop gradually through a series of stages. 
B)  groups adopt problem-solving strategies relatively quickly in their development. 
C)  groups progress through the first stage of development rather quickly, but relatively slowly through the latter stages. 
D)  there is little variability between groups in the course of development.

Question 14

Which of the following would most likely be described as a collective?

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A)  Students in a small, discussion-focused seminar 
B)  Members of a sports team 
C)  Passengers on a plane 
D)  A boy scout troop 
A)  Students in a small, discussion-focused seminar 
B)  Members of a sports team 
C)  Passengers on a plane 
D)  A boy scout troop

Question 15

Group polarization is most likely to occur

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A)  on important issues. 
B)  on unimportant issues. 
C)  when group members know one another. 
D)  when group members do not know one another. 
A)  on important issues. 
B)  on unimportant issues. 
C)  when group members know one another. 
D)  when group members do not know one another.

Question 16

Jean-Paul works for National Public Radio. He has been assigned to run the fund drive necessary to keep NPR on the air in various communities. Suppose that keeping NPR on the air in a given community is contingent upon the percentage of people in the community that donate money. It is likely that

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A)  Jean-Paul will get more donations from people who have a collectivist orientation than from those who have an individualist orientation. 
B)  Jean-Paul will be likely to get a greater percentage of donations from people living in the city than from people living in smaller close-knit communities. 
C)  whether the people Jean-Paul speaks with are in a good mood or a bad mood will have no influence on their willingness to donate. 
D)  if Jean-Paul is truthful and tells people that many others have already donated, people will be less likely to donate their own money. 
A)  Jean-Paul will get more donations from people who have a collectivist orientation than from those who have an individualist orientation. 
B)  Jean-Paul will be likely to get a greater percentage of donations from people living in the city than from people living in smaller close-knit communities. 
C)  whether the people Jean-Paul speaks with are in a good mood or a bad mood will have no influence on their willingness to donate. 
D)  if Jean-Paul is truthful and tells people that many others have already donated, people will be less likely to donate their own money.

Question 17

Four groups-a, b, c, and d-are meeting separately. Each is making an important decision. Below is one quotation overheard from each group's meeting. Based on these quotations, which group seems least likely to fall victim to groupthink?

Accepted Answer

A)  "The good Lord is on our side." 
B)  "This is not the time nor the place to bring up worst-case scenarios." 
C)  "This has to be done right even if it takes us all day to decide." 
D)  "The threat is very real and we must act decisively and unanimously." 
A)  "The good Lord is on our side." 
B)  "This is not the time nor the place to bring up worst-case scenarios." 
C)  "This has to be done right even if it takes us all day to decide." 
D)  "The threat is very real and we must act decisively and unanimously."

Question 18

All of the following individual differences are described by your textbook as predicting social loafing tendencies except

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A)  gender. 
B)  cultural background. 
C)  achievement motivation. 
D)  attachment style. 
A)  gender. 
B)  cultural background. 
C)  achievement motivation. 
D)  attachment style.

Question 19

Biased sampling is an example of

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A)  process loss. 
B)  process gain. 
C)  the risky shift. 
D)  deindividuation. 
A)  process loss. 
B)  process gain. 
C)  the risky shift. 
D)  deindividuation.

Question 20

Chinese-American college students primed with Chinese images before playing a Prisoner's Dilemma game

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A)  cooperated more when playing with strangers than when playing with friends. 
B)  cooperated more than did Chinese-Americans primed with American images. 
C)  endorsed collectivist ideals during the game, but tended to play in a rather competitive manner. 
D)  endorsed individualistic ideals during the game, but tended to play in a rather cooperative manner. 
A)  cooperated more when playing with strangers than when playing with friends. 
B)  cooperated more than did Chinese-Americans primed with American images. 
C)  endorsed collectivist ideals during the game, but tended to play in a rather competitive manner. 
D)  endorsed individualistic ideals during the game, but tended to play in a rather cooperative manner.

Deindividuation is more likely when

Coach Valentine does not think that his team is playing up to its full potential. To increase the performance of the team, the coach should

In her group, Melanie is always the one who breaks the tension with a funny story and provides a shoulder to cry on when things go wrong. She can be described as playing a(n)

Research by Zajonc et al. (1969) in which cockroaches run in simple or complex mazes either alone, in pairs, or with an audience provides support for which explanation of social facilitation?

In conjunctive tasks, group performance is determined by the

A negotiated reduction to a conflict in which all parties obtain outcomes that are superior to those they would have obtained from an equal division of contested resources is called a(n)

According to the theory of social facilitation, the presence of others should lead to all except for which of the following?

According to the ___________, whether deindividuation affects people for better or for worse depends on a group's characteristics and norms.

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

Cross-cultural research suggests that when individuals fail to carry their own share of the weight for the group

According to the model of , when the presence of others is physiologically arousing, a person's performance tends to on a task that is difficult.

Discuss how GRIT can lead to the reduction of group conflict.

Compared to Tuckman and Jensen's (1977) stages of group development, Gersick (1988) suggests that

Which of the following would most likely be described as a collective?

Group polarization is most likely to occur

Jean-Paul works for National Public Radio. He has been assigned to run the fund drive necessary to keep NPR on the air in various communities. Suppose that keeping NPR on the air in a given community is contingent upon the percentage of people in the community that donate money. It is likely that

Four groups-a, b, c, and d-are meeting separately. Each is making an important decision. Below is one quotation overheard from each group's meeting. Based on these quotations, which group seems least likely to fall victim to groupthink?

All of the following individual differences are described by your textbook as predicting social loafing tendencies except

Biased sampling is an example of

Chinese-American college students primed with Chinese images before playing a Prisoner's Dilemma game

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Deindividuation is more likely when

Coach Valentine does not think that his team is playing up to its full potential. To increase the performance of the team, the coach should

In her group, Melanie is always the one who breaks the tension with a funny story and provides a shoulder to cry on when things go wrong. She can be described as playing a(n)

Research by Zajonc et al. (1969) in which cockroaches run in simple or complex mazes either alone, in pairs, or with an audience provides support for which explanation of social facilitation?

In conjunctive tasks, group performance is determined by the

A negotiated reduction to a conflict in which all parties obtain outcomes that are superior to those they would have obtained from an equal division of contested resources is called a(n)

According to the theory of social facilitation, the presence of others should lead to all except for which of the following?

According to the ___________, whether deindividuation affects people for better or for worse depends on a group's characteristics and norms.

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

Cross-cultural research suggests that when individuals fail to carry their own share of the weight for the group

According to the model of ________, when the presence of others is physiologically arousing, a person's performance tends to ________ on a task that is difficult.

Discuss how GRIT can lead to the reduction of group conflict.

Compared to Tuckman and Jensen's (1977) stages of group development, Gersick (1988) suggests that

Which of the following would most likely be described as a collective?

Group polarization is most likely to occur

Jean-Paul works for National Public Radio. He has been assigned to run the fund drive necessary to keep NPR on the air in various communities. Suppose that keeping NPR on the air in a given community is contingent upon the percentage of people in the community that donate money. It is likely that

Four groups-a, b, c, and d-are meeting separately. Each is making an important decision. Below is one quotation overheard from each group's meeting. Based on these quotations, which group seems least likely to fall victim to groupthink?

All of the following individual differences are described by your textbook as predicting social loafing tendencies except

Biased sampling is an example of

Chinese-American college students primed with Chinese images before playing a Prisoner's Dilemma game

What Is Social Psychology

Doing Social Psychology Research

The Social Self

Perceiving Persons

Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination

Attitudes

Conformity

Attraction and Close Relationships

Helping Others

Aggression

Law

Business

Health

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According to the model of , when the presence of others is physiologically arousing, a person's performance tends to on a task that is difficult.