Exam 9: Group Performance and Productivity

When Joanna leaves her weekly meeting with her corporate team, she usually feels that the group has been very productive, and that the group has developed a lot of new and exciting ideas. Joanna may be experiencing

Which is the correct order of events in Robert Zajonc's drive-arousal model of social performance?

Lucinda is an expert golfer, whereas Diana is not very good. According to the principles of social facilitation,

Social facilitation is to a _____ as social inhibition is to a _____.

Define social facilitation and social inhibition and explain when they are likely to occur.

Which of the following is predicted by the drive-arousal model of performance?

Which of the following is predicted by the evaluation-competition model of performance?

Define social loafing, free riding, and the sucker effect. What is the relationship among them, and under what conditions is each one most likely to occur? Describe some research that has demonstrated their occurrence. Be sure to consider the roles of dispensability and identifiability.

In which of the following situations would social loafing most likely be observed?

In a study conducted by Hazel Markus, college students performed a difficult task (tying a lab apron behind their back) and an easy task (tying their shoes). Which of the following did she find in conditions in which an audience was present?

What are the rules of brainstorming, and why is it used? What factors keep it from being particularly effective in real groups? Consider research that has tested its effectiveness.

Diagram and explain the drive-arousal model of the effects of others on group performance, and describe research that has tested it. Then consider other explanations that have been proposed to account for these effects.

Electronic brainstorming has been found to be

When Diehl and Stroebe gave their brainstorming groups extra time to work,

Two explanations for the Ringelmann effect are

Which of the following techniques have been used to as alternatives to brainstorming?

What is a group support system?

The general finding in research testing the effectiveness of brainstorming is that brainstorming

Latané and his colleagues had research participants shout alone, in nominal groups, and in real groups. Which of the following equations represents the loudness of shouting, per person, in each of the conditions?

Norbert Kerr conducted an experiment in which participants worked together on a task that required pumping air by squeezing a rubber bulb. In conditions in which the partner pumped enough air for the pair, the participant