Exam 6: Group Processes

Democratic leaders can be categorised as ______ in task focus and ______ in socio-emotional focus.

Drive theory suggests that an audience may lead to ______ which may, in turn, lead to an increased reliance on ______ processes.

A democratic leader is more appropriate or better for the group when the group is ______.

Encouraging group members to think in novel ways in order to solve problems and issues faced by the group is known as ______.

Transformational leaders ______.

A chess expert asked to play a chess game in front of an audience will perform ______.

According to drive theory, arousal created by the mere presence of others leads to increased reliance on ______.

Which of the following personality traits are associated with leadership?

The social loafing effect occurs on ______ but NOT on ______ tasks.

Lickel et al. (2000) found that it was possible to divide a wide range of groups into ______ types of increasing entitativity:

Cohesive groups tend to exert ______ social influence and their members are typically ______ committed to the group.

Lippitt and White (1943) conducted a study in which they compared democratic, autocratic and laissez-faire leadership styles. The results show that groups with democratic leaders were the most productive, while groups with autocratic leaders were more productive when the leader was ______ and groups with laissez-faire leaders were more productive when the leader was ______.

Which of these is an example of a task-focussed leader?

A hierarchical style of leadership in which the leader of the group gives orders to group members in order for the goals of the groups to be achieved is known as a(n) ______.

In individualistic cultures, the most effective leaders are those who ______.

In line with drive theory, Michaels et al. (1982) found that while the performance of below average pool players ______ with an audience present, the performance of above average players ______ with an audience present.

Autocratic leaders are ______ in task-focus but ______ on the socio-emotional dimension, whereas laissez-faire leaders are ______ in task focus, but ______ in socio-emotional focus.

Cotterell and colleagues showed that when the audience was blindfolded, participants did NOT show social facilitation or inhibition responses. This supports ______.

A leadership position in the group is a result of ______.

Socio-emotional leadership or task-oriented leadership style may be a better leadership style depending on the situational control the leader has of the group. This idea is known as ______.