Question 1

Frank dislikes Dinah,for she has many qualities that bother Frank-she is sloppy,moody,and interrupts him.Dinah dislikes Frank,for she thinks he is a bore.These feelings create ___ conflict when they are assigned to the same project at work.

Accepted Answer

A) personal 
B) task (substantive) 
C) process (procedural) 
D) mixed-motive 
E) intergroup

Question 2

A mixed-motive situation occurs when

Accepted Answer

A) some group members want to compete,but others want to cooperate. 
B) conflict shifts over time from high to low. 
C) the group's goal structures include elements of both cooperation and competition. 
D) individuals aren't certain what their goals are. 
E) group members must work with those they dislike.

Question 3

Describe the "tragedy of the commons" (the commons dilemma)and use this parable to explain the tension between self-interest and communal concern in groups.

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Question 4

For Deutsch,cooperation is to competition as ___ is to ___.

Accepted Answer

A) mixed;motive 
B) promotive;contrient 
C) individual;group 
D) group;individual 
E) goal;path

Question 5

Which conflict management strategy reflects a lack of concern for both self and other?

Accepted Answer

A) yielding 
B) avoiding 
C) cooperating 
D) fighting 
E) compromising

Question 6

When Lisa and Seymour first meet,Seymour cooperates and Lisa competes.Later,when Lisa cooperates,Seymour cooperates.When Lisa competes,Seymour competes.Seymour is following a ___ strategy.

Accepted Answer

A) contentious. 
B) tit-for-tat 
C) imposition 
D) problem-solving

Question 7

"No taxation without representation" is an outcry against procedural injustice.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

At the dog park,everyone is supposed to clean up after their dogs and watch their dogs when in the park.However,Danny neither cleans up after his dog nor stops it from digging holes.He figures that someone else will fix it.This situation is a

Accepted Answer

A) substantive conflict. 
B) procedural conflict. 
C) prisoner's dilemma. 
D) public goods dilemma.

Question 9

Bill and Ted have been captured and placed in a "prisoners' dilemma." If Bill confesses to the crime,he would be ___ Ted.

Accepted Answer

A) cooperating with 
B) independent of 
C) competing with 
D) helping

Question 10

In one version of the Deutsch and Krauss (1960)trucking experiment the two participants were given the opportunity to communicate with one another during the simulation.The results of that variation suggest that

Accepted Answer

A) communication is an effective means for reducing conflict. 
B) the communication of one's intensions can reduce conflict. 
C) since the participants communicated mostly threats,it did not quell the conflict. 
D) participants were not able to understand others clearly,and so communication had no effect on conflict. 
E) personal conflict cannot be undone through communication.

Question 11

Hard negotiation is to ___ as principled negotiation is to ___.

Accepted Answer

A) distributive negotiation;integrative negotiation 
B) cooperation;competition 
C) equality;equity 
D) group-serving;self-serving 
E) fighting;yielding

Question 12

The prisoner's dilemma,a team game first used by a prison warden to decease rates of intergroup conflict in his prison,has been successfully adapted to the business world.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Anger is a means of communicating one's displeasure to other group members.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Describe how people who differ in their basic values orientations perceive other people during episodes of conflict.

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Question 15

Frank and Dinah are playing the PDG (prisoners' dilemma game).If they both pick A,they both win $2.If they both pick B,they both lose $1.If one picks A and the other picks B,the one who picks A loses $1 and the one who picks B wins $4.If Frank picks B he is making the ___ choice.

Accepted Answer

A) mixed-motive 
B) neutral 
C) cooperative 
D) competitive 
E) individualistic

Question 16

Describe how researchers use the prisoner's dilemma game (PDG)to study sources of conflict in groups,and be certain to include a matrix representation of the reward allocation scheme in your answer.

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Question 17

What would you do if you were given the opportunity to play the prisoner's dilemma game (PDG)? What would your choice say about your social values?

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Question 18

How do people differ,in general,in their social values orientation pertaining to conflict? What is your basic social values orientation?

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Question 19

In the "trucking game" experiment,the power to threaten others was manipulated by giving some of the subjects

Accepted Answer

A) a gate. 
B) a revolver. 
C) extra points. 
D) less information. 
E) the power to take points away.

Question 20

Because of ___,people tend to assume someone who competes is a competitor and that someone who cooperates is a cooperator.

Accepted Answer

A) social pressure 
B) informational influence 
C) the fundamental attribution error 
D) perceiver prototypes

Exam 13: Conflict

Frank dislikes Dinah,for she has many qualities that bother Frank-she is sloppy,moody,and interrupts him.Dinah dislikes Frank,for she thinks he is a bore.These feelings create ___ conflict when they are assigned to the same project at work.

A mixed-motive situation occurs when

Describe the "tragedy of the commons" (the commons dilemma)and use this parable to explain the tension between self-interest and communal concern in groups.

For Deutsch,cooperation is to competition as _ is to _.

Which conflict management strategy reflects a lack of concern for both self and other?

When Lisa and Seymour first meet,Seymour cooperates and Lisa competes.Later,when Lisa cooperates,Seymour cooperates.When Lisa competes,Seymour competes.Seymour is following a ___ strategy.

"No taxation without representation" is an outcry against procedural injustice.

At the dog park,everyone is supposed to clean up after their dogs and watch their dogs when in the park.However,Danny neither cleans up after his dog nor stops it from digging holes.He figures that someone else will fix it.This situation is a

Bill and Ted have been captured and placed in a "prisoners' dilemma." If Bill confesses to the crime,he would be ___ Ted.

In one version of the Deutsch and Krauss (1960) trucking experiment the two participants were given the opportunity to communicate with one another during the simulation.The results of that variation suggest that

Hard negotiation is to _ as principled negotiation is to _.

The prisoner's dilemma,a team game first used by a prison warden to decease rates of intergroup conflict in his prison,has been successfully adapted to the business world.

Anger is a means of communicating one's displeasure to other group members.

Describe how people who differ in their basic values orientations perceive other people during episodes of conflict.

Frank and Dinah are playing the PDG (prisoners' dilemma game) .If they both pick A,they both win $2.If they both pick B,they both lose $1.If one picks A and the other picks B,the one who picks A loses $1 and the one who picks B wins $4.If Frank picks B he is making the ___ choice.

Describe how researchers use the prisoner's dilemma game (PDG)to study sources of conflict in groups,and be certain to include a matrix representation of the reward allocation scheme in your answer.

What would you do if you were given the opportunity to play the prisoner's dilemma game (PDG)? What would your choice say about your social values?

How do people differ,in general,in their social values orientation pertaining to conflict? What is your basic social values orientation?

In the "trucking game" experiment,the power to threaten others was manipulated by giving some of the subjects

Because of ___,people tend to assume someone who competes is a competitor and that someone who cooperates is a cooperator.