Group Dynamics 7th Edition - Test Bank by Donelson R. Forsyth

Group Dynamics – 7th Edition
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TEST BANK
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Donelson R. Forsyth
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Comprehensive Test Bank for Instructors and
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, 1. Are six people waiting at a bus stop in silence a group?
ANSWER: Answers Will Vary
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: What Are Groups?; 1.1
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember
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2. Provide and justify your own definition of the term group.
ANSWER: Answers Will Vary
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DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: What Are Groups?; 1.1
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember
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3. Explain why you agree or disagree with the following thesis: Dyads (two people) are not groups.
ANSWER: Answers Will Vary
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DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: What Are Groups?; 1.1
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember
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4. What is the difference between a primary group and a social (or secondary) group?
ANSWER: Answers Will Vary
DIFFICULTY: Easy
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REFERENCES: What Are Groups?; 1.2
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understand
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5. Pat is a member of APX fraternity and a male. Examine the relative impact of these two groups on Pat’s identity.
ANSWER: Answers Will Vary
DIFFICULTY: Difficult
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REFERENCES: What Are Groups?; 1.3
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Analyze

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.
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ANSWER: Answers Will Vary
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: What Are Groups?; 1.4
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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?
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ANSWER: Answers Will Vary
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: What Are Groups?; 1.4
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember
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8. What is the relationship between the size of humans' brains and their groups?
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, ANSWER: Answers Will Vary
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: What Are Groups?; 1.4, 1.5
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understand
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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.
ANSWER: Answers Will Vary
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DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: What Are Groups?; 1.4, 1.5
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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ANSWER: Answers Will Vary
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: What Are Groups?; 1.4
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KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understand

11. Use the concept of group structure to compare primary groups and collectives.
ANSWER: Answers Will Vary
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DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: What Are Groups?; 1.2, 1.4
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Evaluate
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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.
ANSWER: Answers Will Vary
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DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: What Are Groups?; 1.4, 1.5
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Evaluate
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13. What are the common origins of groups?
ANSWER: Answers Will Vary
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: What Are Groups?; 1.4; 1.5
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KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember

14. Will a passerby who sees six people sitting outside the library think these people are a group? Use the concept of
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entitativity to offer an answer.
ANSWER: Answers Will Vary
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: What Are Groups?; 1.4, 1.5
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KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Apply

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, 15. What does the concept of entitativity have to do with prejudice and stereotyping?
ANSWER: Answers Will Vary
DIFFICULTY: Difficult
REFERENCES: What Are Groups?; 1.4
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Analyze
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16. Lewin used the word dynamic when describing groups. Why did he select this word? What is the definition of group
dynamics?
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ANSWER: Answers Will Vary
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: What Are Group Dynamics?; 1.7
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember
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17. If your group dynamics class develops like most groups do, what processes and changes do you expect to see take
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place during the semester?
ANSWER: Answers Will Vary
DIFFICULTY: Easy
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REFERENCES: What Are Group Dynamics?; 1.8
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Apply

18. Draw on Hofstede’s theory of national cultures to describe cultural differences in group-level processes (formation,
influence, performance, and conflict).
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ANSWER: Answers Will Vary
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: Why Study Groups?; 1.9
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KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understand

19. Why do individuals often underestimate the influence of groups and their dynamics?
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ANSWER: Answers Will Vary
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: Why Study Groups?; 1.10
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember
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20. Why do psychologists, sociologists, anthropologists, and political scientists study groups?
ANSWER: Answers Will Vary
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
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REFERENCES: Why Study Groups?; 1.10
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember
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21. A group is two or more individuals who are connected to one another by and within social relationships.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
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DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: What Are Groups?; 1.1
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