Exam 14: Groups

Rohit is a very good golfer when he is alone, and an excellent golfer when he is with others. In the language of social facilitation theory, playing golf well appears to be a(n) ____ for Rohit.

The idea that one social loafer can cause others to loaf as well is known as the ____________________.

A critical aspect of brainstorming is that ____.

Binge eating is defined by ____.

Group sexual activity involving more than two people ____.

People sometimes punish those who cheat the system, even when they need to make sacrifices or suffer losses to do so. According to the text, this phenomenon is known as ____.

Which explanation does your text offer for why people low in power tend to laugh more often?

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

According to social facilitation theory, task performance is sometimes enhanced by the presence of others and sometimes hurt by the presence of others. Generally speaking, this depends upon ____.

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

Leaders that focus on boosting morale, taking care of group members, and promoting group spirit are ____.

John is taking part in a student protest, marching across police lines into an important administrative building on campus. He is so wrapped up in the group mentality that he actually stops thinking about himself as an individual who is separate from the group, and fails to ask himself whether or not he is behaving responsibly. John is probably experiencing ____.

Social psychologists use the term ____ to refer to explanations that are used to justify why people in power deserve to be in power.

The term group polarization refers to a phenomenon whereby ____.

Which of the following did your text present as an example of a toxic leader?

As discussed in the text, it is quite possible that the deeply rooted human impulse to form social groups was partly stimulated by competition among different groups.

Patterns of binge eating were rarely noted prior to ____.

Suppose that four students are working on a group project regarding the Cultural Revolution in China. Who is most likely to engage in social loafing?

As discussed in the text, there are a number of items that make groups feel united. Which of the following is least likely to unite groups?

Based on research on social facilitation, we should expect that-all else being equal-children who work on a set of easy puzzles alone will ____ than children who work on the same puzzles side by side in a big group of other children.