ADPR Review Activity

"Prescribed modes of conduct and belief that guide the behavior of group members" is describing

• Conformity

• Compliance

• Norms

• Roles

In the topic bases of power, "the person that can deliver negative consequences or remove positive consequences" is utilizing which type of power?

• Reward

• Coercive

• Expert

• Informational

Answer explanation

See page 228 in textbook for additional information.

In the topic of bases of power " when group members believe the person has useful knowledge not available anywhere else" this best describes.

• Reward Power

• Coercive Power

• Informational Power

• Expert Power

Answer explanation

Information resources include rational argument, factual data and logic.

Expert power is seen when group members see the person as having skills and competences useful for accomplishing the goal not available anywhere else. Members generally like the person because they believe the person is correct in trying to influence them.

How can trust be reestablished once it has been broken?

• Decrease resource interdependence.

• Openly and consistently express competitive intentions.

• Reestablish credibility by making certain that actions match announced intentions.

• Do not apologize and continue working.

When working in a group, what is true when establishing a goal.

• Goals must be clear if group members are to achieve them.

• Goals must be broad and vague.

• Goals must be ambiguous.

• Goals do not need to be clarified in a group.

What is a benefit of an operational goal?

• It facilitates communication.

• An operational goal guides the group in planning.

• It helps the group to evaluate the process and product.

• All of the above.

Answer explanation

See Group goals Chapter 3 in textbook, page 79.

This definition "an ideal, a desired place toward which people are working, a state of affairs that people value" is describing what.

• Role

• Goal

• Norm

• Group

Which is true when an individual is learning a new skill.

• A skill cannot be learned.

• You only have to try the skill once to master it.

• Keep practicing until the skill feels real and it becomes an automatic habit.

• Do not help others learn the skill.

Answer explanation

See Chapter two on Experiential Learning

What is true of an effective group?

• Communication is one way.

• Leadership is delegated and based on authority.

• Participation in unequal.

• Communication is two way.

What is true of an ineffective group?

• Communication is two way.

• Participation and leadership is distributed among all group members.

• Goals are competitively structured so that each member strives to outperform the other.

• Goals are clarified and modified so that the best possible match between individual goal and group goal is achieved.