psyc final 8

_____ refers to the tendency of juries to vote for acquittal more often than they vote for guilt, all other factors being equal.

• groupthink

• social loafing

• group polarization

• leniency bias

Which of the following methods is most likely to ensure adequate information sharing between members of a group?

• Establish large groups comprising ten to fifteen members

• Avoid seeking information from analysts and outside experts

• Tighten group deadlines for completing tasks

• Inform members that they have adequate time to make decisions

What will be the impact if a large group is broken up into smaller sub-groups for discussion?

• The group will become more vulnerable to social loafing and coordination problems.

• The group will engage in a full discussion of the issues when making decisions.

• The group will become less likely to give its members challenges and opportunities.

• The group will avoid seeking information from analysts and outside experts.

A baseball team won a major championship because of teamwork although their team did not have exceptional players. No one expected them to win, but they played as a unit to achieve glory. This is an example of _____.

• conjunctive gain

• groupthink

• process gain

• social loafing

In group development, _____ occurs when members of a group come together and begin their existence as a group.

• norming

• forming

• storming

• performing

Which of the following is a disadvantage of introducing individual rewards for group members?

• Group members are likely to compare their own rewards with those of others.

• It is not a straightforward approach to getting people to work harder.

• Group members cannot be motivated immediately by using individual rewards.

• It is not likely to increase the effort levels of individual group members.

A task divided into sub-tasks and distributed evenly among individuals is called a(n)_____ task.

• averaging

• divisible

• disjunctive

• conjunctive

Bill is a strategic consultant. He assists his client companies in making strategic decisions. Most problems presented to him do not have a single best solution. For these kinds of problems, he chooses a solution from the set of alternatives available to him. The task that Bill performs is an example of _____ tasks.

• judgmental

• disjunctive

• criterion

• maximizing

Which of the following was a key finding from the study that Stasser and Titus conducted by sharing positive information about two candidates?

• Groups have an innate tendency to share information with each other.

• Information sharing is less adequate in many groups

• Some individuals favor negative information to positive information.

• Positive information about a candidate has little influence in decision making.

The experiment by Latané, Williams, and Harkins revealed that ________.

• groups are associated with process losses

• individuals dislike being part of a group

• individuals love work in groups

• social loafing is not a common phenomenon