Quiz 5 COMM

You've been working in a group with Tim, Tina, Tom, and Toby. Tom keeps on suggesting that the group gather more information, and suggests that input be sought from additional people.However your group has more than enough information to make a decision. What role is Tom performing?

Blocker

To avoid groupthink, groups should do all of the following except:

Discourage the expression of minority or dissenting opinions

Tim, Tina, Tom, Todd, Toby, and Tanya are all in a group together with a a number of other individuals. They all have different skill sets. So when it's time to write, Tom takes over. When it's time to present, Tina is the best speaker, so she takes over. Tanya is a research wiz, so when the group needs information, she takes over. This is an example of:

Emergent leadership

To generate possible solutions each of the following is a rule about group brainstorming , except:

Evaluation of ideas is necessary

_________ is a task-related role that functions to keep the group on track toward completing its task by managing the agenda and setting and assessing goals in order to monitor the group's progress.

Expediter

When Dr. H worked in information technology he was able to leave early, take long lunches, and basically be sort of a jerk. The reason for this is because he was the only person at the workplace who know anything about Apple Computers. As such, he exploited his _________

Expert power

Which of the following is a negative aspect of "minority rule by expert" group decision-making?

Group members may feel useless

The process of teaching and learning the norms, rules, and expectations associated with group interaction and group member behaviors, or "how we do things around here" is known as ____________.

Group socialization

_________ is a negative group phenomenon characterized by a lack of critical evaluation of proposed ideas or courses of action that results from high levels of cohesion and/or high conformity pressures

Groupthink

In our system of justice finding someone guilty beyond a reasonable doubt is the standard, because it is suppose to be hard to take away someone's liberty or life. That's why we ask Jurys to come up with an unanimous vote, also known as a consensus. What is NOT a benefit of consensus decision-making?

Idea and personal conflict that can emerge

If communication violates the norms of the group - when such violations could have been avoided by choosing different communication behaviors - it is called?

Inappropriate

When a group is cohesive which of the following is not true:

Members abandon the group when things become hard

In which stage of group development do members begin to relieve secondary tensions?

Storming

______ are groups characterized by high degrees of loyalty.

Teams

You and I - as well as Tim, Tom, and Tina - have just been put together in a group by our easily excited group communication professor. We spend our time joking, chatting, and sharing interests. What are we attempting to accomplish?

The reduction of primary tension

Leaders should solicit ideas from group members, before contributing their own, since the leader's contribution may sway or influence others in the group, therefore diminishing the importance of varying perspectives.

True

Some of the key leadership behaviors that contribute to the task-related functions of a group include all the following, except

Visualizing concrete ideas

Project teams that complete their objective have one extra step in the group process. Which is it?

adjourning

Which of the following is not a quality that contributes to a positive group climate?

equality

In which stage of group development do members begin to relieve primary tensions?

forming

Which group role helps manage the diversity within a group by mediating intercultural conflict, articulating common ground between different people, and generally creating a climate where difference is seen as an opportunity?

interpreter

All the members of your group follow the same general patters. They show up to meeting early. They have come with their parts of the assignments ready. They have have read over the agenda for the meeting. These solidified practices of the group are its:

norms

"The whole is more than the sum of its parts" is a fairly good definition of _______.

synergy

Groups that are formed to solve problems are

task-oriented groups

According to the text the ideal size of a group is:

the smallest number needed to complete the task