Exam 14: Groups

Samir loves to have his work team over to his house to watch movies and hang out. As the team leader, he feels he ought to host these events and he does a good job at it. People on his team feel like he really cares about them. Based on this information only, Samir is probably a ____ leader.

As defined in the text, narcissists are ____.

When groups make use of transactive memory, they tend to ____.

Explain how role differentiation satisfies two competing needs for humans as cultural animals.

Diverse groups tend to have ____________________ creative solutions and ____________________ conflict. (more/less)

Which of the following is NOT one of the symptoms of groupthink?

People who are high in power tend to ____.

Research suggests that, in the business world, being humble or modest is a trait that is found among the MOST successful chief executive officers (CEOs).

We should expect social loafing to be greatly reduced when ____.

When a group member decides not to express doubts about a group's decision, he or she has engaged in ____.

Research on college sororities has found that ____.

People tend to reduce effort when working in a group as opposed to when working alone. This phenomenon is known as ____.

While many modern offices make use of open shared spaces (rather than cubicles or offices), this office style can hinder productivity. Indeed, this office style is likely to be particularly detrimental for employees who work on ____.

A high quality leader must excel at task orientation and may also benefit from relationship orientation.

Which of the following is NOT one of the three characteristics typical of dangerous leaders, as listed in your text?

Jane joined a sorority her freshman year of college and moved into the house her sophomore year. She had never engaged in binge eating before moving into the sorority. After the end of her sophomore year of living in the house, she is most likely to ____.

The risky shift refers to ____.

After decades of research on the effect that others have on task performance, social psychologists have concluded that the presence of others ____.

A research study on the effects of power found that powerful bosses ____.

According to the text's definition of a group, a dyad can never qualify as a group.