MANA 4330 EXAM 4 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+
Who is Norman Triplett?Ans✓✓✓1898; studied people's reactions to
other people.
inspiration: bicycle races
drafting: riders are faster when biking with others bc the lead cyclist
creates a partial vacuum that pulls followers along while also breaking
down wind resistance. "dynamogenic factors"
Social FacilitationAns✓✓✓An improvement in task performance that
occurs when people work in the presence of other people
CoactionAns✓✓✓people working in the presence of other people, but
not necessarily interacting with one another (test in classroom, riding
bicycles)
Dominant BehaviorAns✓✓✓behaviors more likely to be performed
(Zajonc)
Nondominant BehaviorAns✓✓✓behaviors less likely to be performed
(Zajonc)
CompresenceAns✓✓✓the state of responding in the presence others
(Zajonc)
,Drive TheoryAns✓✓✓an analysis of human motivation that stresses the
impact of psychological or physiological needs or desires on individuals'
thoughts, feelings, and actions; also an explanation of social facilitation
that maintains that the presence of others evokes a generalized drive
state characterized by increased readiness and arousal (Zajonc)
Social BrainAns✓✓✓mechanisms that sustain and promote our capacity
to perceive and understand other people, and respond to them
appropriately
Evaluative Apprehension TheoryAns✓✓✓an analysis of performance
gains in groups arguing that individuals working in the presence of
others experience a general concern for how these others are evaluating
them and that this apprehension facilitates their performance on simple,
well-learned tasks
Self-presentation TheoryAns✓✓✓An analysis of performance gains in
groups assuming that social facilitation is caused by individuals striving
to make a good impression when they work in the presence of others
Distraction-conflict TheoryAns✓✓✓An analysis of performance gains
in groups assuming that when others are present, attention is divided
between the other people and the task; this attentional conflict increases
motivation, and it facilitates performance on simple, well-learned tasks
Social Orientation TheoryAns✓✓✓suggests that people differ in their
overall orientation toward social situations, and these individual
, differences in social orientation predict who will show facilitation in the
presence of others and who will show impairment
Electronic Performance Monitoring (EPM)Ans✓✓✓The use of
information technologies, such as computer networks, to track, analyze,
and report information about workers' performance
Zajonc's research indicated that the process of social facilitation depends
on the _________ of the task being performed.Ans✓✓✓difficulty
Margaret is going to demonstrate how to cook her famous spinach
lasagna to a community group for the first time. According to Cottrell's
theory, which of the following factors will cause Margaret to focus and
create a beautiful and tasty dish?Ans✓✓✓fear of evaluation
According to social orientation theory, which of the following people
will experience social interference effects when asked to perform a
difficult task in front of a group?Ans✓✓✓Monique, who is anxious
Max Ringelmann (1913)Ans✓✓✓agricultural engineer, one of the first
researchers to study group productivity
Ringelmann EffectAns✓✓✓tendency for groups to become less
productive as group size increases; this loss of efficiency increases as
group size increases, but at a gradually decreasing rate
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+
Who is Norman Triplett?Ans✓✓✓1898; studied people's reactions to
other people.
inspiration: bicycle races
drafting: riders are faster when biking with others bc the lead cyclist
creates a partial vacuum that pulls followers along while also breaking
down wind resistance. "dynamogenic factors"
Social FacilitationAns✓✓✓An improvement in task performance that
occurs when people work in the presence of other people
CoactionAns✓✓✓people working in the presence of other people, but
not necessarily interacting with one another (test in classroom, riding
bicycles)
Dominant BehaviorAns✓✓✓behaviors more likely to be performed
(Zajonc)
Nondominant BehaviorAns✓✓✓behaviors less likely to be performed
(Zajonc)
CompresenceAns✓✓✓the state of responding in the presence others
(Zajonc)
,Drive TheoryAns✓✓✓an analysis of human motivation that stresses the
impact of psychological or physiological needs or desires on individuals'
thoughts, feelings, and actions; also an explanation of social facilitation
that maintains that the presence of others evokes a generalized drive
state characterized by increased readiness and arousal (Zajonc)
Social BrainAns✓✓✓mechanisms that sustain and promote our capacity
to perceive and understand other people, and respond to them
appropriately
Evaluative Apprehension TheoryAns✓✓✓an analysis of performance
gains in groups arguing that individuals working in the presence of
others experience a general concern for how these others are evaluating
them and that this apprehension facilitates their performance on simple,
well-learned tasks
Self-presentation TheoryAns✓✓✓An analysis of performance gains in
groups assuming that social facilitation is caused by individuals striving
to make a good impression when they work in the presence of others
Distraction-conflict TheoryAns✓✓✓An analysis of performance gains
in groups assuming that when others are present, attention is divided
between the other people and the task; this attentional conflict increases
motivation, and it facilitates performance on simple, well-learned tasks
Social Orientation TheoryAns✓✓✓suggests that people differ in their
overall orientation toward social situations, and these individual
, differences in social orientation predict who will show facilitation in the
presence of others and who will show impairment
Electronic Performance Monitoring (EPM)Ans✓✓✓The use of
information technologies, such as computer networks, to track, analyze,
and report information about workers' performance
Zajonc's research indicated that the process of social facilitation depends
on the _________ of the task being performed.Ans✓✓✓difficulty
Margaret is going to demonstrate how to cook her famous spinach
lasagna to a community group for the first time. According to Cottrell's
theory, which of the following factors will cause Margaret to focus and
create a beautiful and tasty dish?Ans✓✓✓fear of evaluation
According to social orientation theory, which of the following people
will experience social interference effects when asked to perform a
difficult task in front of a group?Ans✓✓✓Monique, who is anxious
Max Ringelmann (1913)Ans✓✓✓agricultural engineer, one of the first
researchers to study group productivity
Ringelmann EffectAns✓✓✓tendency for groups to become less
productive as group size increases; this loss of efficiency increases as
group size increases, but at a gradually decreasing rate
