Deck 1: The Small Groups in Everyones Life

Question 1

Why is it becoming steadily more important that Americans learn how to participate well in small work teams? List all valid reasons you can think of.

Answer 1

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Question 2

Three ethical standards for guiding how you interact with other group members were explained in chapter 1 of Effective Group Discussion, along with a fourth ethical standard concerned with how you relate to information and ideas. list these four criteria and explain the importance of each to groups (or, reasons for it).

Answer 2

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Question 3

Please define "small group discussion," be sure to recognize the many facets of this concept.

Answer 3

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Question 4

Explain the difference between "primary" and "secondary" classifications of small groups and give at least one example of each type.

Question 5

A participant-observer is a regular member of the small group he or she is observing.

Question 6

____________ exists when all group members succeed or fail together in the accomplishment of the group's purpose.

Question 7

A close friend of yours recently organized a small band which has now performed for about ten dances. The entertainment committee (of which you are a member) is about to choose a band for the next dance of your fraternity. You think the committee is likely to choose a band that has played for dozens of similar dances, so you say that your friend's band has played for "hundreds" of similar events. According to the ethical standards presented in chapter 1, how should you have responded while the committee was considering your friend's band? As you answer, keep in mind that you would very much like your friend to get the job.

Question 8

Effective Group Discussion says that group members should embrace and work with diversity within the group.

Question 9

A work team installing upholstery in Toyota automobiles is an example of a secondary group.

Question 10

A Quick-Pik convenience store softball team is a(n)

A) Quality control circles
B) Educational group
C) Activity group
D) Self-managed work group
E) Ad hoc committee
F) Personal growth group

Question 11

Strangers waiting in a line are

A) High in satisfying needs for inclusion and openness
B) Low in satisfying needs for inclusion and openness

Question 12

Communication that confirms, as opposed to belittles, works to build trust and maintain group members' level of involvement in the group.

Question 13

"Members of a small group share an interdependent goal." This statement means that

A) group members control each other's interaction.
B) the knowledge of all members is required to achieve the common purpose.
C) all succeed or fail together.
D) each needs the others for emotional support and affection.
E) one person could not possibly do the job assigned to the group.

Question 14

A smaller group that co-exists simultaneously within and separate from other cultures is a

A) diverse culture.
B) subculture.
C) co-culture.
D) group culture.
E) within-Culture.

Question 15

Executives report spending about half their work time in business meetings.

Question 16

A key feature of a group is an interdependent goal, which means

A) members of a group cannot achieve the goal without the other members also achieving it.
B) an individual group member succeeds or fails in terms of his or her contributions to the group.
C) group members succeed or fail individually.
D) group members do not succeed together.
E) group members are responsible to themselves.

Question 17

As group members, we give up some of our individual autonomy to be a part of a larger whole.

Question 18

Grouphate is caused primarily by issues of control and passivity.

Question 19

Close friends are

A) Low in satisfying needs for inclusion and openness
B) High in satisfying needs for inclusion and openness

Question 20

A Bible class is a(n)

A) Activity group
B) Self-managed work group
C) Educational group
D) Quality control circles
E) Ad hoc committee
F) Personal growth group

Question 21

The ______________________ is a regular member of the group who engages actively in its discussions, but at the same time critically reflects the group's processes and needs.

Question 22

The Artsfest committee is an example a problem-solving group.

Question 23

Professional sports teams are

A) High in satisfying control and achievement needs
B) Low in satisfying control and achievement needs

Question 24

Problem-solving groups are

A) High in satisfying control and achievement needs
B) Low in satisfying control and achievement needs

Question 25

Which of the following is an accurate example of a small group?

A) seven people waiting at a bus-stop
B) students eating at the resident dining hall
C) a 5-member task force working to control drinking on college campuses
D) ten people walking across the street
E) a group of 100 students attending a lecture

Question 26

Professional sports teams are

A) Low in satisfying needs for inclusion and openness
B) High in satisfying needs for inclusion and openness

Question 27

As an ethical principle for guiding how one speaks, the authors say that members of a small group should say or do nothing intended to ______________ another member.

Question 28

Which of the following is not one of the important ideas about groups offered by your authors?

A) Just because we participate in a group does not mean we participate well.
B) Groups are a way for us to make a contribution to society.
C) Forming groups is something humans do naturally.
D) All groups experience grouphate.

Question 29

Grouphate refers to

A) a strong negative feeling about participating in groups.
B) a hatred shared by all members of a group.
C) a negative feeling a member develops in her or his group after an argument.
D) a hatred of all members of one particular group
E) ostracism of one member by other members of a group.

Question 30

The study of speech communication has a long and distinguished tradition, dating back to Aristotle, that supports the value of _________________.

Question 31

Shaw would argue that which of the following "requires mutual influence?"

A) buzzing
B) gestures
C) interaction
D) primary needs

Question 32

Galanes and Adams argue group members should be thorough in gathering information and diligent in evaluating it.

Question 33

The goal of top management teams is to lead an organization.

Question 34

Five persons who assemble small radios without supervisor are a(n)

A) Quality control circles
B) Activity group
C) Educational group
D) Self-managed work group
E) Personal growth group
F) Ad hoc committee

Question 35

Nominal members, who watch and listen but rarely contribute anything of substance to the group's efforts to achieve its goal, are called social ______________.

Question 36

Small groups are becoming more prevalent in American corporations, involving employees in management decisions and quality control.

Question 37

A task force is

A) High in satisfying control and achievement needs
B) Low in satisfying control and achievement needs

Question 38

Quality control circles are referred to by other names in some organizations, including quality control circles and

A) product improvement teams.
B) cycle circles.
C) self-managed work groups.
D) solution cells.
E) chat groups.

Question 39

Problem-solving groups are

A) Low in satisfying needs for inclusion and openness
B) High in satisfying needs for inclusion and openness

Question 40

Five persons in an accounting department who meet each morning before work to share coffee and conversation are a

A) primary group
B) secondary group

Question 41

Our authors require that any definition of small group communication include face-to-face communication.

Question 42

Members of a group who are actively participating in a discussion cannot observe how the group is functioning.

Question 43

Usually a group can do a better job of problem solving than can an individual. There are several reasons why this is true: groups have access to more information than any one member; several persons can think of issues any one might overlook; and they can detect ______________.

Question 44

Seven persons appointed to recommend attendance policy are a(n)

A) Educational group
B) Personal growth group
C) Ad hoc committee
D) Activity group
E) Self-managed work group
F) Quality control circles

Question 45

Close friends are

A) High in satisfying control and achievement needs
B) Low in satisfying control and achievement needs

Question 46

Discussion implies cooperation among members even when they are arguing about how to solve a problem.

Question 47

________________ are ongoing committees established through the constitution or bylaws of an organization to deal with recurring types of problems.

Question 48

Schutz described three types of human needs for which small groups are a major source of satisfaction. These are

A) inclusion, openness, and control.
B) psychological, physiological, and sociological.
C) love, belonging, and submission.
D) individual, group, and social.
E) order, power, and security.

Question 49

Smaller groups that exist simultaneously within, as well as apart from other cultures, are called co-cultures.

Question 50

Strangers waiting in a line are

A) Low in satisfying control and achievement needs
B) High in satisfying control and achievement needs

Question 51

A police drug task force is a(n)

A) Self-managed work group
B) Ad hoc committee
C) Educational group
D) Quality control circles
E) Activity group
F) Personal growth group

Question 52

A Psychology 101 discussion group is a

A) primary group
B) secondary group

Question 53

Committees, quality control circles, and self-managed work groups are examples of _________________ groups.

Question 54

An ad hoc and a standing committee are the same thing.

Question 55

Primary groups are those which exist to meet human needs for food and shelter.

Question 56

In a recent national survey of 750 leading U.S. companies, knowledge of quantitative and statistical techniques was rated higher than ability to work in teams.

Question 57

The executive committee of the Alpha Gamma sorority is a

A) primary group
B) secondary group

Question 58

Jim likes just to sit and listen to the others in his small group. He rarely says anything and contributes very little. Jim is a

A) nonmember consultant.
B) social loafer.
C) grouphater.
D) participant-observer.
E) participant.

Question 59

A task force is

A) Low in satisfying needs for inclusion and openness
B) High in satisfying needs for inclusion and openness

Question 60

A strong dislike for working in groups that is associated with a lack of training in how to communicate effectively as a group member is called ______________.