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Which of the following is not an example of group influence on an individual? |
| | A) | minority influence. |
| | B) | deindividuation. |
| | C) | social facilitation. |
| | D) | social loafing. |
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Social facilitation is the term used to describe the tendency for the presence of others |
| | A) | to affect our likelihood to help. |
| | B) | to either enhance or impair performance. |
| | C) | to make a person act more extroverted. |
| | D) | to make a person act more introverted. |
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When a task is easy, and others are observing, according to the social facilitation theory |
| | A) | there will be a decline in performance. |
| | B) | there will be no effect on performance. |
| | C) | there will be an improvement in performance. |
| | D) | there will be a curvilinear effect on performance. |
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Social loafing refers to |
| | A) | baking bread in groups. |
| | B) | working harder when in a group due to accountability. |
| | C) | enjoying oneself in the midst of a group performance. |
| | D) | slacking off when in a group due to unaccountability. |
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What is the term used to describe when a person's identity and self-awareness are diffused by being in the presence of a group, and a person might act in an unrestrained manners? |
| | A) | deinstitutionalization. |
| | B) | deindividuation. |
| | C) | decineration. |
| | D) | declination. |
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Group polarization occurs when |
| | A) | members in a group interact, but, instead of changing their minds about a topic, they keep their original ideas and strengthen those ideas. |
| | B) | the group members do not interact, and the members reverse their decisions to the opposite point of view. |
| | C) | social loafing is strong and deindividuation is weak. |
| | D) | the members in a group interact, and based upon what they hear, they discard their original ideas in favor of the other group members' ideas. |
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Research on the risky shift pertains to |
| | A) | group decision making dilemmas that are resolved with no effect on a group member's opinion. |
| | B) | group decision making dilemmas that are unresolved and the group members shift their position to the polar opposite side. |
| | C) | group members change their opinion privately, but not publicly. |
| | D) | group decision making studies where subjects in a group solve a dilemma by giving advice that is cautious or risk-taking. |
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Which researcher coined the term "groupthink"? |
| | A) | Leon Festinger |
| | B) | Norman Triplett |
| | C) | Irving Janis |
| | D) | Irwin Yalom |
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Groupthink is used to describe |
| | A) | the positive aspects that occur when a group works together. |
| | B) | group dynamics that can interfere with group decision-making processes and can produce disastrous results. |
| | C) | when group members have in-jokes and give each other knowing glances. |
| | D) | when group members are on the same wavelength and complete each others' sentences. |
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Research on working in pairs, teams, or in groups has shown that |
| | A) | collaborations are never productive. |
| | B) | teamwork is never as good as working alone. |
| | C) | group problem solving tasks always dilute original ideas. |
| | D) | collaborations can be productive. |
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The subject of minority influence refers to |
| | A) | when the group votes by minority rules instead of majority rules. |
| | B) | when the minority opinion in not able to sway the majority opinion. |
| | C) | when one person in a group influences the other members in the group. |
| | D) | when the group members only influence one member in the group. |
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Who are free riders? |
| | A) | People who report social loafers. |
| | B) | People who volunteer to give others a ride home in situations of potential drunk driving. |
| | C) | Those who do not put forth effort on a task, but reap the benefits of a group. |
| | D) | People who voice their opinions despite the unpopularity of their views. |
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Minority influence can |
| | A) | never sway the majority of the group members to the other point of view. |
| | B) | steer other group members who hold the majority view over to the minority point of view. |
| | C) | decrease creativity. |
| | D) | increase superficiality. |
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One finding of the risky shift effect is |
| | A) | that group decisions are often riskier when groupthink sets in. |
| | B) | that individual decisions are often riskier than group decisions. |
| | C) | that individuals help less when others are around. |
| | D) | that group decisions can encourage more extreme decisions than the person would have made in the first place. |
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It is through ______________ that group members can be inspired, motivated, and guided to be successful and productive. |
| | A) | fellowship |
| | B) | sportsmanship |
| | C) | coercion |
| | D) | leadership |
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Which style of leadership focuses on goals, standards, and organization? |
| | A) | task leadership |
| | B) | social leadership |
| | C) | semantic leadership |
| | D) | transformational leadership |
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If immersed in a group that gives a person a sense of anonymity, a person could |
| | A) | alter their social identity to meet the expectations of others. |
| | B) | unleash inhibitions because of deindividuation. |
| | C) | become inhibited because of social comparison. |
| | D) | accept responsibility for their actions. |
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Which style of leadership focuses on team building, conflict resolution, and morale? |
| | A) | surrogate leadership |
| | B) | social leadership |
| | C) | transparent leadership |
| | D) | task leadership |
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The transformational leadership style |
| | A) | encourages group members to transform themselves into better people. |
| | B) | strives to change the group members' opinions by showing them a better way to think. |
| | C) | changes opinions and attitudes without changing behaviors. |
| | D) | encourages and inspires group members to go above and beyond selfish interests and do what is best for the common good of the group as a whole. |
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Social comparison theory is offered as one explanation for ______________. |
| | A) | group polarization |
| | B) | pluralistic ignorance |
| | C) | summation polarity |
| | D) | group adhesion |
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