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Communication in Gro
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A work group is | A collection of three or more people formed to work together |
| An ___ group is a group that forms out of a shared hobby, concern, or activity | Interest |
| Which of these is an example of a service group | A group building a habitat for humanity house |
| An effective work group should be | Challenging to achieve |
| Generally speaking, when we consider group size | The optimum size is the smallest number of people capable of achieving the goal |
| A ___ group is a group in which the members are very different from one another | Heterogeneous |
| Cohesiveness is more likely to develop in groups in which | Members are attracted to its purpose |
| Some group formulate ___, prescribe behaviors designed to help the group meet its goals and conduct it's conversations | Ground rules |
| Which of the following statements about group norms is accurate | Adhering to them is healthy for a group |
| A ___ family is one in which each family member provides input on a decision, but onr person maker the final decision | Consensual |
| Norms that evolve informally are different than ground rules because | Informal norms may never actually be discussed by the group |
| Synergy is | The multiplying force of a group of individuals working together |
| Which of the following statements about social friendship groups is accurate | They fulfill our need to belong |
| What is the purpose of a team building activity | To establish trust and rapport |
| Which of the following statements about support groups is accurate | Members must feel safe to disclose personal information |
| Effective work groups goals | Motivate a group to work toward its achievement |
| Members accept standard practices established be the group and provide positive and constructive feedback to each other during the | Norming stage |
| Disagreements between people are usually not present in the ___ stage because menders liker to appear flexible during this stage of group development | Forming |
| During the ___ stage of group development, members are concerned with fitting in | Forming |
| During the ___ stage of group development, members are concerned about expressing their ideas and being heard | Storming |
| Groupthink | Is the deterioration of mental efficiency that results from in group pressure to agree with the group |
| During the ___ stage of group development, members engage in some type of formal or informal celebration | Adjourning |
| During the ___ stage of group development, conversations are focused on problem solving and sharing task related information | Performing |
| What should you do to change an informal norm in a group | Talk openly about the issue with your group |
| Deciding add a group that stalemate disagreements will be decided by a majority vote is an example of a | Ground rule |
| Which of the following is not a good way to improve virtual group communication | Use add many digital communication mediums add possible |
| Which of the following is an example of engaging in accountability | All of the above |
| What can you do to avoid groupthink | Use active listening skills |
| Even though the local swim team did not have a single record holding swimmer on the team, members comings combined efforts and talented helped the team to win the city's Championship meet. This is an example of | Synergy |
| Which of these is a quality all effective groups should have | Cohesiveness |
| In a ___ group, the members are very similar to one another | Homogeneous |
| What makes a work group different from a simple aggregation of coworkers | Groups have goals |
| Which of the following statements about interdependence in groups is accurate | Interdependence is healthy for groups |
| Culture shock | Is a psychological discomfort when engaging in a new cultural situation |
| Co cultures | Groups of people living exhibiting communication that is sufficiently different from what people home on common |
| A Co worker is considered part of a collectivist culture is they are | Tells the groups they do not believe in community collaboration |
| Give dimensions of culture as identified by Hofstede are | Power Distance, Individual versus Collectivism, Masculinity versus Femininity, Uncertainty Avoidance, Long Term Orientation |
| Co cultures | Groups of people living exhibiting communication that is efficiency is sufficiently different from what people hold in common |
| Intercultural empathy | Imaging yourself in thre other person's cultural world so as to experience what he or she is experiencing |
| High uncertainty avoidance | Rigid codes of belief and behavior; intolerance of unorthodox behavior |
| Which of the following is not over of the major contributor to Co cultures in the US | Race |
| Geert-Hofstede identified four major dimensions of culture that affect communication. Which of the following is not one of them | Religious beliefs |
| A culture characterized as having low power distance | Tasks are not traditional according to sex roles |
| Alturism means | The belief for selfless concern for the week being of others |
| Cultural identity | Feeling of belonging to a group |
| Power distance | Describes the degree to which members of a society accept the unequal distribution of power among members |
| Ethnicity | An ethnic group; a social group that shares a common and distinctive culture, religion, language, or the like |
| Individualism collectivism | People place primary value in the self and personal achievement |
| Collectivism values individual freedom and self expression | The individual's life belongs not to him but to the group it society |
| Pagmatic orientation societies explain everything | A person or solution that takes a realistic approach |