Groups

Question 1

Nonsocial groups are also known as (an) ______

Answer 1

Aggregation

Question 2

Our tendency to perform better/faster on simple tasks in the presence of others is known as __________:

Answer 2

Social facilitation

Question 3

Zajonc’s (1969) social facilitation study found that cockroaches escaped the simple maze ____ in the presence of other cockroaches, but were ____ to escape the complex maze.

Answer 3

Faster; slower

Question 4

The Ringelmann (1913) effect proposes that as the amount of people doing a task ____, contributions to the task ____:

Answer 4

Increases; decrease

Question 5

What task is often used to demonstrate the Ringelmann (1913) effect?

Answer 5

Tug-of-rope

Question 6

Michael, Joseph and Steven are studying the same major. They like to meet up after lectures and discuss their notes together, but do not interact much off-campus. This is an example of a(n):

Answer 6

Group

Question 7

The Smith family, the Rogers family and the Ryan family are all at the mall on the same day. They all end up in the mall food court at the same time, buying food from the same kiosk, but do not cross paths. This is an example of a(n):

Answer 7

Aggregation/nonsocial group

Question 8

Zajonc’s (1965) drive theory/social facilitation model suggests that increased arousal in the presence of others results in either (an) ______ response and ______ performance, or (an) ______ response and _____ performance.

Answer 8

Appropriate response & better performance; inappropriate response & worse performance