Exam 6: Structure

Given the relationship between network position and satisfaction,many of the group members will be more satisfied when working in a ___ network.

Compare the roles typically seen in a small family (mother,father,son,daughter)to the roles often seen in small groups.

Explain how self-presentational processes influence role processes in groups.

A leader is likely to emerge in a(n)____ communication network.

The likelihood that different people will occupy the task and relationship roles in the group increases when the group is

You are a member of a centralized network and notice that your group is performing poorly.Another group,using a decentralized network,is performing well.What is the source of your group's difficulties?

Which one is a centralized communication network?

Describe your own role tendencies in groups in terms of preference for task roles or relationship roles.

Intrarole conflict occurs when behaviors that makes up a single role are incongruous.

Within all groups,communication networks vary in number but not in structure: each member communicates with other members.

Which statement is the LEAST consistent with the concept of roles?

Because a group you belong to is formally organized in a hierarchical structure,

Which of the following statements is true?

Differences in authority are to differences in attraction as ___ differentiation is to ___ differentiation.

Many college students drink unhealthy amounts of alcohol,because they mistakenly assume that (a)everyone drinks alcohol and (b)everyone drinks more than they really do.This bias is known as

You work in a large organization as a manager of a staff of six people.What kinds of role conflicts might you and your staff experience,and what steps could you take to avoid these conflicts?

Attraction structures in groups tend to be

Members of the Facebook social network generally act in unusual and unpredictable ways because norms do not regulate behavior in online groups.

In Benne and Sheat's typology, opinion giver,elaborator,and energizer are all examples of task roles.

Balance theory,developed by Heider,assumes that groups tend toward a balanced state in that