Exam 8: Group Processes

Deborah has just joined a sorority at her school.She is unsure what she should wear when she goes to eat at the sorority's dining hall.Her concern reflects Deborah's uncertainty of the

Wagerman and others (2009)found that stability of membership

Though the new mentoring program doesn't seem to be working very well, Principal McVickers argues that the school should continue to invest in it because they have already committed so many resources to it.This illustrates

According to research by Kugihara (1999), social loafing is more likely to occur among

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

The theory that the presence of others will produce social facilitation effects only when those others distract one's attention from the task at hand is known as

A leader who focuses his or her group on the task(s)it needs to achieve is playing a(n)

Biased sampling is least likely to reduce group effectiveness when group members have _____ trust, and unique information is known by _____.

Research on brainstorming in groups demonstrates that

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)

Groupthink emerges when

In many anonymous online communities, accountability is ______ and attentional cues are _______.

Sam, Diane, and Frasier are members of a team competing in a test of general knowledge.Any team member can answer the moderator's questions.The team's task can be described as

Groupthink is more likely to occur

It seems that every Halloween night in Gotham is marred by violence and vandalism.In order to reduce the likelihood of such behavior, the leaders of Gotham should

Chinese-American college students primed with Chinese images before playing a prisoner's dilemma game

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

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

Kelly always remembers the information about family events, birthdays, finances, and so forth.Her spouse, Kirk, always remembers the information about world history, politics, news events, and so forth.Together, they are able to remember much more than they would alone because they have developed a(n)_____ system.

Cohesion does seem to exert a causal effect on group performance, but whether this effect occurs depends upon