Lesson 4 Flashcards
Which type of group exists to provide us with conversation and recreation with people we enjoy?
a. social group
b. personal growth group
c. task group
d. work group
e. primary group
a
How is a team different from a group?
a. a team isn’t different from a group
b. a team is a special kind of group that has different yet complementary resources of members with a strong sense of collective identity
c. a team isn’t a group but it does have different people with special resources together to work on a common project
d. teams don’t have shared rules for members to follow
e. teams don’t set shared goals to characterize its members
b
The ability to influence others is known as
a. power to
b. power over
c. power
d. synergy
e. social climbing
c
A group of orientation students worked long hours on a project together. They became quite close and thus developed a strong sense of group spirit. They then started to share the same goal for this project. Which feature of small groups is this orientation team exhibiting?
a. cohesion
b. power
c. group size
d. groupthink
e. norms
a
Which of the following is not a feature of small groups?
a. groupthink
b. group size
c. interaction patterns
d. cohesion
e. power structure
a
Which type of power has the ability to give people things they value, such as attention, approval, public praise, promotions, raises, etc?
a. legitimate
b. coercive
c. expert
d. reward
e. referent
d
Communication that seeks to focus on creating and maintaining a constructive climate that encourages members to contribute and evaluate ideas critically would be known as
a. task communication
b. procedural communication
c. climate communication
d. egocentric communication
e. synergetic communication
c
While working in a group for history class, one member constantly made negative remarks about how the group’s idea was never going to actually work so why should they even try. These constant negative remarks could be seen as which type of communication?
a. task communication
b. procedural communication
c. climate communication
d. egocentric communication
e. synergetic communication
d
What exists when members of a group exert less effort than they would if they worked alone?
a. social climbing
b. social loafing
c. group expectation formation
d. agenda setting
e. none of these
b
What decision-making technique is used when a group wants to make a decision quickly and wants every member’s opinion to be taken into account?
a. standard agenda
b. nominal group technique
c. group generation technique
d. facilitator construction
e. none of these
b
