Group development and structure

Question 1

The initial stage where the group takes shape, ground rules established and members become acquainted is called?

Answer 1

Forming

Question 2

The stage of group development where members compete for attractive roles and positions within the group is called?

Answer 2

Storming

Question 3

At what stage of group development is intra-group conflict likely to occur?

Answer 3

Storming stage

Question 4

At what stage do members develop a common perspective about how a group will operate?

Answer 4

Norming stage

Question 5

At what stage do group members adopt shared rules and feelings of attachment to the group intensifies?

Answer 5

Norming stage

Question 6

The stage where the group concentrates on carrying out its major tasks and shared goals is called?

Answer 6

Performing stage

Question 7

The stage at which goals have been attained and members may disband depending of the level of cohesiveness is called?

Answer 7

Adjourning

Question 8

Relative permanency of a group structure basically means

Answer 8

a group tends to outlive its members example is a church, a corporate institution

Question 9

A regular stable patterns of behavior between members is called?

Answer 9

Group structure

Question 10

Group structure develops quickly but changes slowly. True or false?

Answer 10

True

Question 11

What are the four factors or pillars crucial in determining a group’s structure?

Answer 11

Roles, Norms, Status and Cohesiveness

Question 12

Shared expectations in a group about how particular people are supposed to behave is called?

Answer 12

Roles

Question 13

The cluster of feelings of socially defined expectations that individuals in a given situation are supposed to fulfill is called?

Answer 13

roles

Question 14

What are the two common role distinctions?

Answer 14

The group task specialist and the social-emotional specialist

Question 15

Where the individual focuses on reducing interpersonal friction and has in charge of maintaining good relations is called?

Answer 15

Social-emotional specialist

Question 16

Whereas norms specify how all group members should act, times specify…

Answer 16

how people who occupy certain positions in a group should behave.

Question 17

People’s specific roles define their behaviors, true or false?

Answer 17

true

Question 18

Where there is uncertainty experienced about what one is expected to do in situations where the person is new to is called?

Answer 18

Role ambiguity

Question 19

Where one has to play multiple rules concurrently is called?

Answer 19

Role conflict

Question 20

The standards of behavior and belief established and enforced by a group is called?

Answer 20

Norms

Question 21

Prescriptive norms indicates….?

Answer 21

what individuals should do

Question 22

Proscriptive norms indicate…..?

Answer 22

What individuals cannot do

Question 23

A person’s position of social rank within a group is called?

Answer 23

Status

Question 24

Ascribed status is

Answer 24

inherent in a person

Question 25

Achieved status is

Answer 25

derived from a person’s achievement

Question 26

A result of all the forces causing members to be in a group is called?

Answer 26

Cohesiveness

Question 27

The overall level of attraction of members to a group is called?

Answer 27

Cohesiveness

Question 28

The initiation severity effect implies that…?

Answer 28

the greater the cost of getting into a group to begin with, the higher the members attraction to it

Question 29

Groups facing an external threat or severe competition are higher/lower in cohesiveness than those not confronting such conditions.

Answer 29

higher

Question 30

Threats make members realize that the group represents their best chance of survival, true or false?

Answer 30

True

Question 31

Groups that have a history of successes are generally less cohesive than those that do not. True/false

Question 32

Smaller groups have lower cohesiveness…true or false?

Answer 32

false

Question 33

The smaller the group….?

Answer 33

the higher the cohesiveness

Question 34

Who do small groups have higher cohesiveness?

Answer 34

there is more interaction as compared to larger groups

Question 35

Can material rewards increase cohesiveness?

Answer 35

Yes