Question 1

What term is used for acceptable standards of behavior that are shared by a group's members?

Accepted Answer

A)  standards 
B)  norms 
C)  codes of behavior 
D)  explicit contracts 
E)  rules

Question 2

The types of interactions among individuals, though informal, deeply affect behavior and performance.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

One's view of how one is supposed to act in a given situation is a role perception.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Describe the Stanford prison experiment. What were its goals? What was learned through this experiment? What were the ethical costs associated with this experiment? Relate Zimbardo's findings to the concepts of roles, role identity, role perception, role expectations, and role conflict.

Accepted Answer

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Question 5

When the group energy is focused on the task at hand, the group has moved to the __________stage.

Accepted Answer

A)  norming 
B)  storming 
C)  performing 
D)  maturation 
E)  production

Question 6

Which of the following was the major finding of Zimbardo's simulated prison experiment?

Accepted Answer

A)  Group cohesiveness is so important that individuals will restrain their natural impulses in order to remain part of the group. 
B)  Individuals can rapidly assimilate new roles very different from their inherent personalities. 
C)  Status differences between groups will always result in conflict between those groups. 
D)  An individual's emotions and the behavioral responses to those emotions are congruent. 
E)  When given the opportunity, people will tend to act in an oppressive manner to those around them.

Question 7

What will happen if group cohesiveness is high and performance norms are low?

Accepted Answer

A)  Internal conflict will be low. 
B)  Productivity will be low. 
C)  Internal conflict will be high. 
D)  It will have little effect on internal conflict or productivity. 
E)  Productivity will be high.

Question 8

What is the relationship between cohesiveness and productivity?

Accepted Answer

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Question 9

Zimbardo's study was very important in demonstrating how individual behavior impacts group conformity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

What norms include things like appropriate dress and loyalty to the group or organization?

Accepted Answer

A)  social arrangement 
B)  confluence 
C)  appearance 
D)  allocation of resources 
E)  performance

Question 11

The chief advantage of the nominal group technique is that it permits the group to meet formally but does not restrict independent thinking, as does the interacting group.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Only some groups have established norms.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

What are norms?

Accepted Answer

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Question 14

Which type of decision-making group is most committed to the group solution?

Accepted Answer

A)  brainstorming 
B)  nominal 
C)  social 
D)  interacting 
E)  electronic

Question 15

A group must have at least two members and one or more objectives.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The five-stage model of group development ignores organizational context.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Social arrangement norms are usually formal in nature.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

What sort of group should you avoid if you want to minimize interpersonal conflict?

Accepted Answer

A)  brainstorming 
B)  interacting 
C)  nominal 
D)  social 
E)  electronic

Question 19

What is the punctuated equilibrium model?

Accepted Answer

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Question 20

Different groups provide different benefits to their members.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 6: Foundations of Group Behavior

What term is used for acceptable standards of behavior that are shared by a group's members?

The types of interactions among individuals, though informal, deeply affect behavior and performance.

One's view of how one is supposed to act in a given situation is a role perception.

Describe the Stanford prison experiment. What were its goals? What was learned through this experiment? What were the ethical costs associated with this experiment? Relate Zimbardo's findings to the concepts of roles, role identity, role perception, role expectations, and role conflict.

When the group energy is focused on the task at hand, the group has moved to the __________stage.

Which of the following was the major finding of Zimbardo's simulated prison experiment?

What will happen if group cohesiveness is high and performance norms are low?

What is the relationship between cohesiveness and productivity?

Zimbardo's study was very important in demonstrating how individual behavior impacts group conformity.

What norms include things like appropriate dress and loyalty to the group or organization?

The chief advantage of the nominal group technique is that it permits the group to meet formally but does not restrict independent thinking, as does the interacting group.

Only some groups have established norms.

What are norms?

Which type of decision-making group is most committed to the group solution?

A group must have at least two members and one or more objectives.

The five-stage model of group development ignores organizational context.

Social arrangement norms are usually formal in nature.

What sort of group should you avoid if you want to minimize interpersonal conflict?

What is the punctuated equilibrium model?

Different groups provide different benefits to their members.