Donelson Forsyth’s Group Dynamics 7th Edition – Full Test Bank with Expert-Checked Questions & Answers

Group Dynamics 7th Edition, by Donelson
Forsyth TEST BANK
EXPERT VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND
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, Chapter 1: An Introduction to Group Dynamics

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

<ACCURATE ANSWER> Answers Will Vary

DIFFICULTY: Easy

REFERENCES: What Are Groups?; 1.1

KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember



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

<ACCURATE 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.

<ACCURATE 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?

<ACCURATE 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.

<ACCURATE ANSWER> Answers Will Vary

DIFFICULTY: Difficult

REFERENCES: What Are Groups?; 1.3

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,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.

<ACCURATE 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?

<ACCURATE 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?

<ACCURATE 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.

<ACCURATE ANSWER> Answers Will Vary

DIFFICULTY: Moderate

REFERENCES: What Are Groups?; 1.4, 1.5

KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember

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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, 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.

<ACCURATE 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.

<ACCURATE 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?

<ACCURATE ANSWER> Answers Will Vary

DIFFICULTY: Easy

REFERENCES: What Are Groups?; 1.4; 1.5

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 entitativity to offer an answer.

<ACCURATE ANSWER> Answers Will Vary

DIFFICULTY: Moderate

REFERENCES: What Are Groups?; 1.4, 1.5

KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Apply



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