Exam 8: Group Processes

De Dreu and others (2011)have found that _____ can enhance the performance of brainstorming groups.

Biased sampling in groups is the process whereby

Biased sampling is an example of

Who would cooperate the most in a social dilemma?

At Verbal High, the football players and cheerleaders do not get along at all.The cheerleaders think the football players are vain and superficial.The football players feel the same way about the cheerleaders.The football players and the cheerleaders seem to suffer from

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)

_______ is referred to as when a group increases its commitment to a failing course of action in order to justify previous investments.

Which of the following is a strictly informational social influence explanation for group polarization?

An important part of people's self-worth is derived from group membership, according to

Viviana lives in an ethnically diverse community.She is attending a PTA meeting concerning how to provide a complete and fair history curriculum.It is likely that

Ingham (1974)asked participants to pull on a rope and found that participants pulled almost 20 percent harder when they thought they were pulling alone than when they thought they were part of a group.This finding best illustrates

Groups of people who work interdependently with shared purpose across time, space, and organization boundaries are called

Research by Woolley and colleagues (2008)suggest that when it comes to expertise and planning,

Johnson and Downing (1979)found that participants wearing nurses' uniforms delivered lower levels of shock when they were anonymous than when they were identifiable.This finding suggests that deindividuation causes people to

Deindividuation is more likely when

Three people in the same place at the same time, but not interacting with one another, are best described as a

Deviation from group norms is generally tolerated better if a group is seen as

Vladimir, a basketball novice, makes about 60 percent of his free throws when practicing alone.However, when playing with his friends, he only makes about 30 percent of his free throws.This decrease is most likely the result of

The facilitation of the dominant response from increased arousal will tend to

Esteban's work group has been assigned a new project by management.Before deciding how much effort to exert on this new assignment, Esteban considers how important the group goals are to him and whether his input will help the group reach its goals.Esteban's thinking is most consistent with