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 in group development can intra-group conflict occur?

Answer 3

Storming

Question 4

At what stage in group development does group cohesiveness start to occur?

Answer 4

Norming

Question 5

The stage where members develop a common perspective about how the group will operate is called?

Answer 5

Norming

Question 6

Where the group concentrates on carrying out its major tasks and shared goals is called?

Answer 6

Performing

Question 7

Once goals have been attained, members may have no reason for remaining in groups thus they disband but sometimes it remains. At what stage is this?

Answer 7

Adjourning

Question 8

Are the five stages of group development mentioned universal?

Answer 8

No

Question 9

The stability and enduring nature of the organizational framework within a group is called?

Answer 9

Relative permanence of group structure

Question 10

An instance where some people leave certain institutions but they remain and continue to function is called?

Answer 10

Relative permanence of group structure

Question 11

Where a group tends to outlive its members is called?

Answer 11

relative permanence of group structure

Question 12

The regular stable patterns of behavior between members is called?

Answer 12

Group structure

Question 13

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

Answer 13

Roles
Norms
Status
Cohesiveness

Question 14

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

Answer 14

Roles

Question 15

What are the two common role distinctions?

Answer 15

The group task specialist
The social-emotional specialist

Question 16

The individual who focuses on reducing interpersonal friction and is in charge of maintaining good relations between members in a group is called?

Answer 16

social-emotional specialist

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Roles

Question 18

Uncertainty experienced about what one is expected to do especially in situations that the person is new to is called?

Answer 18

Role ambiguity

Question 19

Where one has to play multiple roles concurrently is called?

Answer 19

Role conflict

Question 20

Standards of behavior and belief established and enforced by a group to regulate members’ behaviors is called?

Answer 20

Norms

Question 21

Norms can either be

Answer 21

Proscriptive or prescriptive

Question 22

Prescriptive norms indicate

Answer 22

what individuals should do

Question 23

Proscriptive norms indicate

Answer 23

what individuals should not do

Question 24

The distribution of power among group members or a person’s position of social rank within a group is called?

Answer 24

Status

Question 25

…………refers to a social position that an individual is born into or receives involuntarily later in life.

Answer 25

Ascribed status

Question 26

A social position an individual attains largely through their own efforts is called?

Answer 26

Achieved status

Question 27

All roles are equal with respect to prestige or status, true or false?

Answer 27

False

Question 28

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

Answer 28

Cohesiveness

Question 29

The greater the cost of getting into a group, the higher the members’ attraction to it. Which term implies this?

Answer 29

initiation severity effect

Question 30

“The harder we work for a thing, the higher our evaluation of it” …what term is this?

Answer 30

Initiation severity effect