Exam 13: Conflict

If you were a teacher,how would you structure your classroom's goals to maximize cooperation and minimize competition?

When two or more group members join forces to overwhelm one or more other group members,

Use the concepts of equity,resource dilemma,free-riding,and self-serving biases to identify problems students sometimes experience when they work together on group projects for their classes.

Naomi finds out that she is getting a 3% raise.Later that day she discovers that Ed is getting a 5% raise.Use the concepts of (a)distributive and procedural justice and (b)equality and equity norms of resource distribution to make predictions about how she will feel about her pay raise.

Groups experiencing ___ have differences of opinion,disagreements,and show signs of discord and friction between members.

Which of the following statements is true?

The ultimate cure for conflict is communication,for research indicates groups that spend time communicating about conflicts are more cohesive and more productive than groups that just let the conflict fade away.

I don't work very hard writing test questions for the test bank because I know that other group members will pick up the slack for me if I loaf.I am

Bill and Jill are discussing whether to vacation in June or July.Although Bill initially has little preference,as they continue to discuss the matter he become increasingly committed to a June vacation.Use the concepts of reactance and the fundamental attribution error to explain Bill's commitment.

Frank and Dinah are locked in a(n)___ conflict because Frank feels that the company should acquire a small,rival company but Dinah believes that such a take-over would be ruinous.