Group Dynamics Quiz

Which of the following scenarios best illustrates groupthink in decision-making?

• A manager allows team members to freely express dissent during a meeting.

• A group avoids external opinions, overestimates their ability, and suppresses alternatives.

• Members split into smaller groups to generate more ideas.

• Group members independently submit their views in writing before discussion.

Which of the following statements about social facilitation is most accurate?

• It enhances performance on all tasks due to group motivation.

• It improves performance only when the audience gives feedback.

• It enhances performance on simple tasks but may impair performance on complex tasks.

• It reduces individual accountability, hence lowering performance.

A team of employees shows reduced individual effort during a group project because their contributions aren’t identifiable. Which concept does this describe, and how can it be countered?

• Groupthink; by assigning roles

• Social loafing; by evaluating individual efforts

• Social facilitation; by reducing task difficulty

• Group polarization; by assigning a leader

Which of the following reflects a secondary group as defined in group typologies?

• A family unit where members share emotional intimacy

• A caste-based cultural community

• A political party joined by a college student for debate opportunities

• Childhood friends living in the same neighborhood

When a group’s final decision is riskier or more extreme than the average of individual opinions, it is due to:

• Social loafing

• Groupthink

• Group polarization

• Storming stage

Which factor is least responsible for why individuals join groups?

• To establish a group hierarchy

• To achieve goals they can’t attain alone

• To fulfill social and psychological needs

• To gain status and recognition

Which of the following correctly differentiates roles and norms in a group?

• Roles are informal rules, norms are assigned tasks.

• Roles are the prestige levels of members, norms are the group’s formal laws.

• Roles define expected behaviour per position; norms are shared expectations of behaviour.

• Roles are only present in formal groups; norms are only in informal groups.