DEOMI Exam 1 certification questions with correct solutions

Group - CORRECT ANSWER-Describe persons who are interacting with one another in such a manner that each person influences and is influenced by each other. Formal Group = requires some kind of organization and task. Informal Group = informally allocate roles among themselves depending on individual preferences. - CORRECT ANSWER-What is the difference between a formal and an informal group? Informal Group - CORRECT ANSWER-Which type of group allocates roles among themselves depending on individual preferences, the collection of roles makes a system possible, and they may undertake a task together? 1. Interacting Individuals. 2. Taking on a Role. 3. Acting within an organizational system of varying degree. 4. Existence of a task. - CORRECT ANSWER-What are commonalities among Formal and Informal Groups? 1. Sequential. 2. Development. 3. Thematic. - CORRECT ANSWER-What are Tuckman's principles of group development Theory? 1. Forming. 2. Storming (the most difficult). 3. Norming. 4. Performing. 5. Adjourning. - CORRECT ANSWER-What are the five stages of group development and which one is probably the most difficult? Initially polite and superficial as each person seeks out similarities or common needs. - CORRECT ANSWER-What are the characteristics associated with the forming stage of group development? Group members realize the task is different and more difficult than they imagined. - CORRECT ANSWER-Why is the storming stage sometimes the most difficult stage of group development? General & Role Specific. - CORRECT ANSWER-What are the two types of norms that are used within groups