Group Dynamics – 7th Edition (Donelson Forsyth) | Complete Test Bank with Verified Answers

TEST BANK - Group Dynamics 7th
Edition, by Donelson Forsyth
EXPERT VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND
100% ACCURATE ANSWERS FOR
THE STUDY| CHAPTER 1-17
Ar
ch
Do




1
c

, 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.
Ar




<ACCURATE ANSWER> Answers Will Vary
ch




DIFFICULTY: Difficult
Do




2
c

,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.

<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
Ar




REFERENCES: What Are Groups?; 1.4, 1.5

KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember
ch
Do




3
c

, 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.

<ACCURATE 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.

<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
Ar




concept of entitativity to offer an answer.

<ACCURATE ANSWER> Answers Will Vary
ch
Do




4
c