Deck 9: D: Communicating in Groups

Question 1

People waiting in line at the grocery store would be defined as a low-cohesion group.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Group members may feel less commitment to participate in a larger group in part because there are limited opportunities to contribute and the communication becomes less intimate.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

A group that experiences a period of inertia, followed by a burst of activity, is progressing in a punctuated equilibrium process.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

It is possible for a group to continue on without ever adjourning, or disbanding.

Question 5

Adding even one person to a group can make the relationships between the group members more complex.

Question 6

Self-directed work teams are common in many organizations.

Question 7

Chain networks often lead to miscommunication when the information is shared through the oral channel.

Question 8

A gatekeeper can help build cohesion in a group and minimize social loafing by ensuring that all members of the group have an opportunity to contribute.

Question 9

It is during the forming stage that recurring patterns of behavior come to be expected within a group.

Question 10

The people in a group whose job it is to break up cliques (or coalitions) are called counter-coalitions.

Question 11

Groups can include as few as two members.

Question 12

Your family would be considered a group.

Question 13

Information seekers create problems for a group because they bog down the group's progress toward accomplishing its goals.

Question 14

A focus group is a group of people who have been brought together to focus on solving a particular personal problem.

Question 15

The development of coalitions within a group helps to facilitate communication.

Question 16

Groups typically develop along a predictable path from forming to adjourning.

Question 17

Social groups are not considered true groups because they do not have a clear-cut common goal or purpose.

Question 18

Less cohesive groups are usually more effective than more cohesive groups because there is less social loafing.

Question 19

In Josie's family, her mom has the greatest amount of centrality. She is the one everyone shares information with, and she then makes sure everyone else who needs that information gets it. We would describe Josie's family as having an all-channel network.

Question 20

Communication tends to be less formal in larger groups.

Question 21

People from individualist cultures behave differently in groups than people from collectivist cultures behave.

Question 22

Groups are more productive when they keep their meetings on task.

Question 23

Groups are usually less effective when the members take part in establishing the group's goals.