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
2. Provide and justify your own definition of the term group.
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.
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?
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.
ANSWER: Answers Will Vary
DIFFICULTY: Difficult
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.
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?
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?
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,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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
ANSWER: Answers Will Vary
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: What Are Groups?; 1.4, 1.5
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
16. Lewin used the word dynamic when describing groups. Why did he select this word? What is the definition of group
dynamics?
ANSWER: Answers Will Vary
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: What Are Group Dynamics?; 1.7
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember
17. If your group dynamics class develops like most groups do, what processes and changes do you expect to see take
place during the semester?
ANSWER: Answers Will Vary
DIFFICULTY: Easy
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).
ANSWER: Answers Will Vary
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: Why Study Groups?; 1.9
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understand
19. Why do individuals often underestimate the influence of groups and their dynamics?
ANSWER: Answers Will Vary
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: Why Study Groups?; 1.10
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember
20. Why do psychologists, sociologists, anthropologists, and political scientists study groups?
ANSWER: Answers Will Vary
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: Why Study Groups?; 1.10
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember
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
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: What Are Groups?; 1.1
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22. By definition, groups involve face-to-face interaction, so online gatherings are not true groups.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: What Are Groups?; 1.1
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember
23. Although there is a minimum group size (four people), there is no limit to the maximum number within a group.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: What Are Groups?; 1.1
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember
24. Theory and research identify four types of groups: primary groups, social groups, collectives, and categories.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: What Are Groups?; 1.2
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember
25. Individuals who share some common attribute, such as all males or all residents of New York, are members of a social
group rather than a primary group.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: What Are Groups?; 1.2
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember
26. Individuals often identify with a group that they belong to but not with the social categories to which they belong.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: What Are Groups?; 1.3
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember
27. Group interdependencies tend to be asymmetric, unequal, and hierarchical.
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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.
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.
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?
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.
ANSWER: Answers Will Vary
DIFFICULTY: Difficult
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.
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?
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?
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,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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
ANSWER: Answers Will Vary
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: What Are Groups?; 1.4, 1.5
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
16. Lewin used the word dynamic when describing groups. Why did he select this word? What is the definition of group
dynamics?
ANSWER: Answers Will Vary
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: What Are Group Dynamics?; 1.7
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember
17. If your group dynamics class develops like most groups do, what processes and changes do you expect to see take
place during the semester?
ANSWER: Answers Will Vary
DIFFICULTY: Easy
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).
ANSWER: Answers Will Vary
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: Why Study Groups?; 1.9
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understand
19. Why do individuals often underestimate the influence of groups and their dynamics?
ANSWER: Answers Will Vary
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: Why Study Groups?; 1.10
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember
20. Why do psychologists, sociologists, anthropologists, and political scientists study groups?
ANSWER: Answers Will Vary
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: Why Study Groups?; 1.10
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember
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
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: What Are Groups?; 1.1
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, KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember
22. By definition, groups involve face-to-face interaction, so online gatherings are not true groups.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: What Are Groups?; 1.1
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember
23. Although there is a minimum group size (four people), there is no limit to the maximum number within a group.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: What Are Groups?; 1.1
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember
24. Theory and research identify four types of groups: primary groups, social groups, collectives, and categories.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: What Are Groups?; 1.2
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember
25. Individuals who share some common attribute, such as all males or all residents of New York, are members of a social
group rather than a primary group.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: What Are Groups?; 1.2
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember
26. Individuals often identify with a group that they belong to but not with the social categories to which they belong.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: What Are Groups?; 1.3
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember
27. Group interdependencies tend to be asymmetric, unequal, and hierarchical.
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