Deck 3: Understanding Group Dynamics

Question 1

The interaction pattern in which there is an extended back and forth exchange between the leader and a member as the other members watch is called:

A) Group observation
B) Constraint
C) Dyadic patterning
D) Hot seat

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Members are more likely to adhere to norms when

A) Cohesion is high
B) When the group is doing a go round
C) When the interaction patterns go through the leader
D) When the status of all members is equal

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Group culture does not include

A) Values
B) Beliefs
C) Customs
D) Status

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Shared expectations about the functions of individuals in the group are called:

A) Status Hierarchies
B) Roles
C) Belief systems
D) Group think

Question 5

Group cohesion tends not to lead to

A) Satisfaction with the group experience
B) Goal attainment
C) A willingness to let others take responsibility for the group
D) Expression of positive and negative feelings

Question 6

One way of checking that the meanings of communicated messages are understood correctly is called:

A) Filtering
B) Selective perception
C) Interactional listening
D) Feedback

Question 7

The screening of messages so that they are congruent with one's belief system is known as:

A) Feedback
B) Selective perception
C) Filtering
D) Dichotic listening

Question 8

Most work is accomplished in this stage, although work occurs in all stages of a group's development:

A) Beginning stage
B) Middle stage
C) End stage
D) Planning Stage

Question 9

According to the text, this is what helps to maintain a group's equilibrium as it confronts internal and external pressure to change during its development:

A) Tasks
B) Group assignments
C) Social integration
D) Interventions by the leader

Question 10

When members have a low status in the group they are likely to

A) Conform to the group norms
B) Be disruptive
C) Not care about their position in the group
D) Change the norms of the group

Question 11

Rewards and sanctions

A) Should not be used in therapeutic group work
B) Help members adhere to norms
C) Should be used whenever possible
D) Do not help members to adhere to roles

Question 12

Shared expectations and beliefs about appropriate ways to act in a social situation, such as a group, are called:

A) Social systems
B) Sanctions
C) Role expectations
D) Norms

Question 13

The interaction pattern that occurs when group members take turns talking is known as:

A) Round robin
B) Group speak
C) Group cohesion
D) May pole

Question 14

Group development

A) Happens more quickly in open membership groups
B) Happens less quickly in open membership groups
C) Is not affected by open or closed membership
D) Depends on if the group meets longer than 1 year

Question 15

The evaluation and ranking of each member's position in the group relative to all other members is called his or her:

A) Role placement
B) Group score
C) Status
D) Orientation

Question 16

Group culture is not generally influenced by

A) The homogeneity of membership
B) The environment in which the group functions
C) Staff outside the group
D) The ethnicity of members

Question 17

Medium status members are most likely to

A) Conform to group norms
B) Create new norms
C) Break norms
D) Not consider group norms

Question 18

The interaction pattern in which all members take responsibility for communicating according to what is being said and not said in the group is known as:

A) Maypole
B) Free floating
C) Alliance
D) Group think

Question 19

High status members

A) Follow group norms
B) Have greater ability to deviate from group norms
C) Who break group norms are severely sanctioned
D) Status and group norms do not affect each other

Question 20

The interaction pattern in which the leader is the central figure and communication occurs from leader to member or from member to leader is known as:

A) Maypole
B) Orientation
C) Hot seat
D) Figurehead

Question 21

Think about group experiences you have had where group members exhibited a low degree of cohesion. What was the group like? What were the behaviors of the group leader that lead to poor cohesion? What were the behaviors of your fellow group members that contributed to this feeling?

Question 22

"Group think" is when members
E) Think like a group
F) Honestly appraise their alternative courses of action because of how cohesive they are
G) Become close minded and conformity limits search procedures h) All take on the advice of the leader and do what he or she suggests

Question 23

Go to a meeting of a self-help group such as Alcoholics Anonymous. Describe how the structure of the group enables cohesion to develop despite the fact that it is an open membership group.

Question 24

Group cohesion can lead to

A) Conformity
B) Status hierarchies
C) Communication going through the leader
D) Competitive intragroup relationships

Question 25

Think about group experiences you have had where the group members exhibited a high degree of cohesion. What was the group like? What were the behaviors of the group leader that helped you feel close to and part of the group? What were the behaviors of your fellow group members that contributed to this feeling?

Question 26

Subgroups
E) Occur to some extent in most if not all groups
F) Rarely occur in groups
G) Should never be encouraged by the worker h) Are always a problem

Question 27

Roles are similar to norms in that they
E) Tend to make behavior predictable in a group
F) Define behavior in a wide range of situations
G) Tend to form early in a group h) Have little or nothing to do with norms

Question 28

Review the principles listed in this chapter (or attach these practice principles as I usually do for my students). Imagine for a moment that you were the leader of the group that you noted had poor cohesion. Keeping these factors and principles in mind, how might you change the group to help greater group cohesion evolve?

Question 29

Describe how social integration mechanisms such as roles, norms and status hierarchies develop in a group you are currently observing, leading or participating in as a member.

Question 30

Reasons for members' attraction to the group do not usually include
E) The need for affiliation, recognition, and security
F) The resources and prestige available through group participation
G) Controversial topics h) The comparison of the group with other group experiences