Group Dynamics, 7th Edition – Donelson Forsyth – Complete Test Bank with Correct Answers (Chapters 1–17)

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Chapter 1-17| All Chapters Containing Verified




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Questions & 100% Correct Answers for the Study|
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Chapter 1




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1. Are six people waiting at a bus stop in silence a group?




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RIGHT ANSWER: Answers Will Vary




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DIFFICULTY: Easy

REFERENCES: What Are Groups?; 1.1

KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember



2. Provide and justify your own definition of the term group.

RIGHT ANSWER: Answers Will Vary

DIFFICULTY: Easy

REFERENCES: What Are Groups?; 1.1

KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember



3. Explain why you agree or disagree with the following thesis: Dyads (two people) are not groups.

RIGHT ANSWER: Answers Will Vary

DIFFICULTY: Moderate

REFERENCES: What Are Groups?; 1.1

KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember



4. What is the difference between a primary group and a social (or secondary) group?

RIGHT ANSWER: Answers Will Vary

DIFFICULTY: Easy

REFERENCES: What Are Groups?; 1.2

KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understand



5. Pat is a member of APX fraternity and a male. Examine the relative impact of these two groups on
Pat‘s identity.

RIGHT ANSWER: Answers Will Vary


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DIFFICULTY: Difficult




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REFERENCES: What Are Groups?; 1.3




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KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Analyze




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6. You are observing a group of men installing a heating system in a building. What key qualities
should you note in your case study of this work group? Define these qualities and give an example of
each for the work group.

RIGHT ANSWER: Answers Will Vary

DIFFICULTY: Moderate

REFERENCES: What Are Groups?; 1.4

KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember



7. A group of young men and women meet regularly via the internet to play an online game together.
Do they qualify as a group?

RIGHT ANSWER: Answers Will Vary

DIFFICULTY: Easy

REFERENCES: What Are Groups?; 1.4

KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember



8. What is the relationship between the size of humans' brains and their groups?

RIGHT ANSWER: Answers Will Vary

DIFFICULTY: Easy

REFERENCES: What Are Groups?; 1.4, 1.5

KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understand



9. What two classes of interaction did Bales find to be the most common in group situations? Provide
two examples of groups that differ on these classes of interaction.

RIGHT ANSWER: Answers Will Vary

DIFFICULTY: Moderate

REFERENCES: What Are Groups?; 1.4, 1.5

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KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember




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10. Members can influence each other in many ways. Describe and demonstrate the difference
between unilateral, sequential, and reciprocal interdependence. Note: A diagram may help.




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RIGHT ANSWER: Answers Will Vary

DIFFICULTY: Easy

REFERENCES: What Are Groups?; 1.4

KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understand



11. Use the concept of group structure to compare primary groups and collectives.

RIGHT ANSWER: Answers Will Vary

DIFFICULTY: Easy

REFERENCES: What Are Groups?; 1.2, 1.4

KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Evaluate



12. Use McGrath‘s taxonomy of tasks to compare these four groups: an assembly line, a political
committee deciding to invade Cuba, a company whose members are debating about a potential
project, and a ballet troupe.

RIGHT ANSWER: Answers Will Vary

DIFFICULTY: Easy

REFERENCES: What Are Groups?; 1.4, 1.5

KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Evaluate



13. What are the common origins of groups?

RIGHT ANSWER: Answers Will Vary

DIFFICULTY: Easy

REFERENCES: What Are Groups?; 1.4; 1.5

KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember




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