Group Dynamics 8th Edition (Donelson R. Forsyth) Test Bank (2025/2026) Complete Exam Questions and Study Guide

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Group Dynamics 8th Edition (Donelson
R. Forsyth)




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1.

Are six people waiting at a bus stop in silence?
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




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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.
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?
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




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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.
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 debating a potential project
● 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 a library think these people are a group?
Use the concept of entitativity.




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