Ch 4

Question 1

What are three tasks of a group?

Answer 1

1. Generating ideas, information, or options
2. making a choice, often about how to solve a larger problem
3. putting an idea into action.

Question 2

What is an agenda?

Answer 2

thoughtfully prepared list of the issues, topics, and questions that the group will discuss.

Question 3

What are the 5 basic problem-solving structure

Answer 3

1) Identify and define the problem.
2) Analyze the problem
3) Generate several possible solutions
4) Select the best solution or combination of solutions.
5) Test and implement the solutions.

Question 4

What factors make group members more willing to share their knowledge?

Answer 4

1) everyone in the group already knows the information—that is, there is a common core of information that group members talk about
2) at least one person knows the same information you know;
3) you are perceived to be an expert on the topic at hand
4) you want to enhance your position or influence in the group. Group members may share even those information that everyone already knows to confirm that they are “in the know” and part of the group’s core of well-respected members.

Question 5

What are the three ways to present?

Answer 5

1) a panel discussion
2) a symposium presentation
3) a forum presentation

Question 6

What are the goals of a group?

Answer 6

1) gather information
2) Make a choice or solve a problem
3) Put an idea into action
4) Achieve two or more of these purposes

Question 7

What is Questions of Value?

Answer 7

generally produces a lively discussion because it concerns attitudes, beliefs, and values about what is good or bad or right or wrong.

Question 8

What is Questions of Prediction?

Answer 8

asks whether something is likely to occur or may occur under a certain set of circumstances.

Question 9

What is Questions of Fact?

Answer 9

phrased such that the answer to the question is either yes or no. Something either did or did not occur.

Question 10

What is Questions of Policy?

Answer 10

Questions that help groups determine what course of action or policy change would enable them to solve a problem or reach a decision.

Question 11

What is Inductive Reasoning?

Answer 11

method of arriving at a general, or “bottom-line,” conclusion through the use of specific examples, facts, statistics, and opinions.

Question 12

What is Deductive Reasoning?

Answer 12

process of… drawing a specific conclusion from a general statement or principle.

Question 13

What are the premises of Deductive reasoning?

Answer 13

1) Major premise
2) Minor premise
3) Conclusion

Question 14

What is Causal Reasoning?

Answer 14

The process of relating two or more events and concluding that one event caused the other.

Question 15

How do you Evaluate Evidence in Group Discussions?

Answer 15

1) Facts
2) Examples
3) Opinions
4) Statistics

Question 16

What is Information Triage?

Answer 16

process of sorting through information you have gathered from your search to determine what is most useful or needs the most critical attention.

Question 17

What is Causal Fallacy?

Answer 17

inappropriate assumption that one event is the cause of another when there is little evidence to connect the two events.

Question 18

What is Either/Or Fallacy?

Answer 18

occurs when someone argues that there are only two approaches or solutions to a problem; it oversimplifies the options by suggesting we must do either X or Y.

Question 19

What is Bandwagon Fallacy?

Answer 19

tries to convince you that an idea is good simply because “everybody” else thinks it’s good

Question 20

What is Hasty Generalization?

Answer 20

A person reaching a conclusion on the basis of too little evidence or evidence that doesn’t exist.

Question 21

What is Red Herring?

Answer 21

which occurs when someone undermines an idea by using irrelevant facts or arguments as distractions.