Exam 14: Groups

Joe is a high-level administrator at a university. He changes his mind so frequently that his staff often cannot figure out what they should be doing. When he says no to an employee request, he offers no explanation beyond "Because I said so, that's why!" He was a great Dean of the College, but has not done as well since moving up in the administration. This scenario illustrates three patterns associated with being a "bad boss," all of which are listed below. Which one represents the additional pattern of being a "bad boss" (that is, one which is not explicitly referred to in the scenario)?

A group is especially prone to develop groupthink if ____.

The text quotes Stanislaus Lezczynski, King of Poland, who stated that "no snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible," to capture the notion of ____.

Similarity is important to membership in a human cultural group because it ____.

____ is a form of creative thinking in groups, using a procedure in which all group members are encouraged to generate as many ideas as possible.

Social loafing is also known as the ____.

In general, do people generate more and better ideas (or make better decisions) when they work independently, or when they collaborate and work as groups? Why or why not? What are the relevant factors?

As defined in the text, a(n) ____________________ is a collection of at least two people who are being or doing something together.

When Joe lived alone, he cleaned his apartment every weekend. But last summer he lived in a house with four other people, and in that situation he rarely put in his fair share of cleaning. Social psychologists would say that, when he lived with others, Joe engaged in ____________________.

The term "free rider problem" is sometimes used to refer to ____.

Which type of diversity seems to benefit groups the most?

Social psychologists use the term ____ to refer to concern about how others are evaluating your performance.

What are the qualities of leaders that are "toxic" for their followers?

Social loafing is also known as the free rider problem.

Social psychologists have coined the term ____ to refer to the loss of self-awareness and of individual accountability in a group.

More powerful people plan ____ work on weekdays and ____ leisure on weekends than less powerful people.

People who have power are more likely to feel positive, pleasant emotions than are people who don't have power.

The leadership team has convened to work on the strategic planning process. All the members are somewhat fiscally conservative. The new strategic plan turns out to be HIGHLY fiscally conservative. This illustrates ____________________.

Which statement about polygamy is most accurate?

In the language of social facilitation theory, the so-called dominant response is ____.