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Group Dyn Quiz 3
Chelsy Group Dynamics Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Psychological reactance | A need to re-establish freedom when threatened |
| Group polarization | Tendency of a group to make more extreme decisions than an individual would alone (bra burning) |
| Do groups impair performance on individual task? | Good groups provide their members with psychological (emotional) support |
| Additive task | Group members perform the same task and performance is judged on the sum of all tasks (ex. relay race) |
| Disjunctive task | Group performance is based on the strongest member of the group (ex. best basketball player scores the most in a game) |
| How can social loafing be reduced? | When each members tasks are identifiable (clearly defined) |
| What are five conflict management strategies? | 1. smoothing 2. compromising 3. withdrawing 4. forcing 5. problem solving |
| Norm of reciprocity | Negotiators feel that they should return the same benefit or harm equally among group members |
| Asch's research on group conformity | People go along with the obvious answer so they don't stand out even if its wrong |
| Group norms | Acceptable behaviors within a group (group's rules) |
| Deindividualization | State of animinity in a group (blending in with the crowd; not standing out as an individual) |
| When is a power position constructive (productive)? | It increases the productivity of the group |
| When is a power position destructive? | When used for self benefit or to coerce others |
| Power is seen as a relationship when ... | both influence each other |
| Trait factor approach to power | It is inborn or genetically inherited |
| Why do high power people establish norms? | To protect their position and devaluate subordinates |
| High power people have the capacity to ... | to benefit themselves by making others do something |
| Define power stereotyping. | Those in high power stereotype subordinates because they pay less attention to them. |