COMM 3142

Communication competence is

-dependent on appropriateness -one way to combat grouphate -a matter of degree

Cliques have no positive effects on members; they just encourage blind conformity.

FALSE

It is important that you eliminate secondary tension in your group at the earliest possible opportunity.

FALSE

No group, not even a cult, can survive without some input from outside the system

TRUE

Synergy is the result of

a group effort with members working in concert with each other

As group size increases, which of the following typically occurs?

a. Complexity increases b. Factions develop c. The number of nonparticipating members increases

Which of the following contributes strongly to grouphate?

a. Frequent meetings that accomplish little. b. Conducting group meetings incompetently c. Social loafing of some members

In mixed-sex groups, the following patterns of communication usually occur:

a. Men talk more than women c. Men tell more jokes than women d. Women give greater weight to the connection dimension and men give greater weight to the status dimension of conversations

A competent communicator can effectively address secondary tension in a group by

a. being an active listener b. using humor to lighten the tension c. disagree without being disagreeable

The best size for a group is

a. the smallest size capable of performing the task effectively

In your small group, you have a social loafer who has gradually de-motivated and frustrated almost every other group member with his lackluster effort. This is an example, in systems terms, called

b. ripple effect

"Communication is transactional." This means that each person communicating is

both a sender and receiver simultaneously

When we assume that everyone has the same meaning for a word, this is called

bypassing

Larger groups compared to smaller groups typically have

c. greater difficulty working cooperatively

Conformity

c. is the adherence to group norms by group members

There are two variables that influence the "ideal" group size. They are

d. quality and speed of decision making

There are two primary dimensions of every group. They are

d. task and social

A group

is composed of no fewer than three individuals b. is unlikely to be successful if members are primarily interested in their own individual accomplishment within the group c. has a common purpose

We join groups because of

need to belong

Hindsight bias is

the tendency to look back after the fact or when an outcome has been revealed and say, "I knew that all along"

20% rule: when no less then 20% of a group and no fewer than 2 members are ethical minorities and or women

true