Quiz

Please answer all questions


1	____ determines the structure of a group and its outcomes.
		A)	Conflict
		B)	Role
		C)	Hierarchy
		D)	Task


2	Informal roles
		A)	focus on functions rather than positions.
		B)	are assigned by the organization in which the group exists or by the group.
		C)	usually include a title such as chairperson, secretary, or president.
		D)	remain the same regardless of who is in those roles.


3	Bormann argues that roles emerge in small groups based on a(n) ____ model.
		A)	idea-development
		B)	attraction-reaction
		C)	stimulus-response
		D)	proximity-emergence


4	According to Bormann's model of role emergence, if the group disapproves of a member's role function performance,
		A)	the group member will continue to display that behavior.
		B)	other group members will be encouraged to fulfill that role function.
		C)	the group will take action to remove the group member from the group.
		D)	role specialization will develop based on the member's performance.


5	Research on role development has found that
		A)	role structures may change over time.
		B)	group members plan out the roles they will fulfill prior to the group's first meeting.
		C)	a person will play the same role in every group she or he is in.
		D)	the process of role development is quite distinctive and clearly evident.


6	_____ can stem from gender stereotypes.
		A)	Intrarole conflict
		B)	Interrole conflict
		C)	Role implosion
		D)	Role strain


7	Securing a group member's commitment to the group's goal can help alleviate
		A)	intrarole conflict.
		B)	interrole conflict.
		C)	role implosion.
		D)	role strain.


8	When different group members have different ideas about how a role should be enacted, the individual fulfilling that role will likely experience
		A)	intrarole conflict.
		B)	interrole conflict.
		C)	role implosion.
		D)	role strain.


9	Employees who experience role conflict describe it as
		A)	resulting from organizational goals and objectives that are vaguely stated.
		B)	not knowing how their performance will be evaluated.
		C)	working under unclear policies and guidelines.
		D)	getting incompatible requests from two or more people.


10	The ____ role in groups is also called the critical thinker.
		A)	procedural assistant
		B)	elaborator-clarifier
		C)	evaluator-critic
		D)	orienter-summarizer


11	The group member who fulfills the ____ role brings members back to the task when they've wandered too far off.
		A)	procedural assistant
		B)	elaborator-clarifier
		C)	evaluator-critic
		D)	orienter-summarizer


12	The person fulfilling the ____ role may challenge the group's unproductive norms and behaviors.
		A)	feeling expresser
		B)	harmonizer
		C)	gatekeeper
		D)	standard setter


13	A group's ____ is skillful at drawing silent members into the discussion.
		A)	feeling expresser
		B)	harmonizer
		C)	gatekeeper
		D)	standard setter


14	People who play the ____ role may act indifferent, aloof, and stiffly formal.
		A)	blocker
		B)	confessor
		C)	deserter
		D)	aggressor


15	____ in small groups raises objections, rejects others' ideas, and takes a negative stand on issues.
		A)	A blocker
		B)	A confessor
		C)	A deserter
		D)	An aggressor


16	Role stability occurs when a group member agrees to fulfill a role and the group positively reinforces the member's performance.
		A)	True
		B)	False


17	Roles are negotiated between an individual and the other group members.
		A)	True
		B)	False


18	Job stress has several positive effects such as increased productivity and commitment to the organization.
		A)	True
		B)	False


19	Task roles focus on the social dimension of group work.
		A)	True
		B)	False


20	Group member role-related behaviors are either task- or relationship-oriented.
		A)	True
		B)	False

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