Deck 5: Becoming a Group

Question 1

In the assimilation stage of socialization, members of a group begin to work together.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Role functions in a small group include: task, maintenance, and _____.

Answer 2

individual

Question 3

Tension felt when members disagree about substantive issues is called _____ tension.

Answer 3

secondary

Question 4

Give three examples each of group rules and group norms. What are the four common ways norms develop? Give an example of each.

Question 5

In a _____ climate, members are inclined to try to control, manipulate, and criticize each other.

Question 6

Technology makes managing task and socioemotional demands less complicated.

Question 7

The _____ phase of socialization is characterized by full integration into the group.

Question 8

Which of the following is a kind of social tension that is similar to stage fright?

A) uncertainty
B) primary
C) role
D) tertiary
E) secondary

Question 9

"Group drive" refers to

A) motivation of a group to increase its influence over the parent organization.
B) motivation to belong to a group.
C) motivation to accomplish the group task.
D) competition among groups in an organization.
E) motivation to gain power in a group.

Question 10

List five unhelpful individual roles in a group and explain how each of them can harm the group.

Question 11

Members need to pay attention to the ethics of their behavior, particularly as a group's roles and norms develop. Patterns that form early in a group's life guide their future interaction and can be hard to break. That is why it is critical for those patterns to be productive and to adhere to the highest standards of ethical behavior. Name the four suggestions in your textbook that support ethical group guidelines.

Question 12

Humor is never an effective way to handle tension within a group.

Question 13

Some models of group development have been more linear than others.

Question 14

Tobias says, "Let's begin with the first item on the agenda." Tobias is engaging in

A) summarizing.
B) initiating orienting.
C) clarifying.
D) information seeking.
E) suggesting procedure.

Question 15

Group A's members have interacted with various groups throughout their lives, and they all know how to act in a group. This most closely represents which characteristic of structuration?

A) No law forces group members to follow rules.
B) Groups are constantly recreating themselves.
C) Group members don't come to a group with a clean slate.
D) Group members can say and do as they please.
E) None of these answer is correct.

Question 16

Which of the following is the best method a leader can use to reduce tertiary tensions in a group?

A) Use a vote to settle the issue.
B) Drop out of the group because you can only suffer from so much ego-centered, time-wasting behavior.
C) Confront the members, pointing out how their power struggle is hurting the group.
D) Rely on any type of humor.
E) Deal with it indirectly.

Question 17

When members of a newly appointed tuition committee first met, they addressed each other by title and family name (e.g., "Dr. Einfatt"). They continued to do so throughout the life of the committee. This is an example of a group norm established by

A) reference to a general cultural norm.
B) latency.
C) explicit statements.
D) primacy.
E) a critical incident.

Question 18

"Deviants" can be helpful to a group.

Question 19

A group finds that one member is highly deviant on an important issue or norm. In the order in which they are likely to occur, describe the steps the group will probably take until the member either conforms or the group gives up.

Question 20

Which of the following is NOT a way in which a group norm is set?

A) through explicit statements
B) through critical events
C) from general culture
D) behaviors that occur early in the development of the group
E) Robert's Rules of Order

Question 21

The _____ stage of socialization involves becoming part of a group and developing expectations about it.

A) encounter
B) assimilation
C) exit
D) antecedent
E) anticipatory

Question 22

Even though members know how to behave within their culture, laws do not enforce this behavior.

Question 23

Task cohesiveness is less likely to produce groupthink than is interpersonal cohesiveness.

Question 24

A group member is suggesting how to accomplish a task. This behavior would be classified as a(n) _____ role.

A) individual
B) maintenance
C) formal
D) hidden agenda
E) task

Question 25

A norm that says members should tolerate _____ can help control the level of secondary and tertiary tensions among group members.

Question 26

Verbal and nonverbal communication among members creates a group's roles, norms, rules, and climate. This is representative of which of the following theories?

A) communicative obedience
B) group cohesion
C) incorporation
D) structuration
E) facilitation

Question 27

Another stage of socialization in a group is called the _____ stage, and this is where expectations and reality meet.

A) anticipatory
B) assimilation
C) antecedent
D) encounter
E) exit

Question 28

Some group members are arguing for three different recommendations the committee might make. They are probably experiencing _____ tension.

A) primary
B) uncertainty
C) tertiary
D) role
E) secondary

Question 29

In establishing a supportive climate, _____ statements try to search honestly for the best solution.

Question 30

Freedom of expression must be discouraged if a group is to get along.

Question 31

According to your textbook, what is/are the best way(s) of dealing with a deviant member of a group?

A) None of these answer is correct.
B) Members could ignore and isolate the deviant.
C) Build solidarity among the members against the deviant.
D) All of these answers are correct.
E) Try to persuade the deviant member to conform.

Question 32

Informal and implicit standards of behavior are called _____.

Question 33

Roles in small groups are primarily informal-such as electing a chair of the group.

Question 34

Superiority statements pull rank on other members, which can only strengthen a group.

Question 35

Structuration is the idea that group communication creates, maintains, and recreates a group's norms.

Question 36

What are the major differences between defensive and supportive group climates?

Question 37

Group _____ refers to the atmosphere or environment within a group.

Question 38

_____ refers to the general belief that members can rely on each other.

Question 39

_____ refers to the bonds of attachment group members feel toward each other.

Question 40

Tony can always be counted on to complete assignments in his group. He has interpersonal trust.

Question 41

_____ tension is when group members experience anxiety that arises from meeting new members.

A) Primary
B) Task
C) Secondary
D) Tertiary
E) Uncertainty

Question 42

A group member who has had serious problems with past groups is probably in which of the following stages of group socialization?

A) encounter
B) antecedent
C) assimilation
D) exit
E) anticipatory

Question 43

Two group members are arguing over leadership responsibilities. They are probably experiencing which of the following tensions?

A) tertiary
B) primary
C) uncertainty
D) secondary
E) role

Question 44

Two kinds of trust are essential for an open, productive climate when communicating in a group. Name these types and explain why each is important.

Question 45

Group members must reinforce each other's roles if they are to become stable.

Question 46

_____ tension results when members struggle over who will decide the rules and procedures for the group.

Question 47

The first key issue that a group must address is the management of which two concerns?

A) introductions and conclusions
B) meeting dates and times
C) boundaries and rules
D) assignment breakdown and grading policies
E) social tensions and moving from one stage of development to another

Question 48

Which of the following is characteristic of highly task-cohesive groups?

A) Members understand and accept tasks.
B) All of these answers are correct.
C) Members may be excited about a task.
D) Members are committed to completing tasks.
E) Members are motivated to accomplish a task.

Question 49

What is the best way to manage prolonged tertiary tension in a group?

Question 50

Group development will both influence and be influenced by the group's task(s) and the relationships among members.

Question 51

Sometimes norms are established by _____ statements that a leader or another member makes.

Question 52

_____ is the process by which new and/or established members learn to fit together through communication.

Question 53

An unstated private goal a member wants to achieve through a group is called a _____.

Question 54

The major difference between rules and norms is that

A) norms are created by individuals, rules by groups.
B) rules are enforced by peer pressure, norms by leaders.
C) rules are about what should happen; norms are about what should not happen.
D) norms are written, rules are not.
E) rules are more formal and are often written.