Group Roles

_____________ is designated specifically to facilitate progress toward problem solving or decision making

• Group member roles
• Task roles
• Building and maintenance roles
• Information Giver role

Who plays "devil's advocate" of the group?

• Recorder role
• Information Giver role
• Orienter role
• Harmonizer role

Who is responsible for taking minutes of the group's meetings?

• Orienter role
• Recorder role
• Initiator-Contributor role
• Encourager role

Who maintains a "take charge" attitude through conflict management and their goal-oriented leadership?

• Encourager role
• Harmonizer role
• Information Giver role
• Initiator-Contributor role

The member who elects to play the main role and demonstrates the ability to provide and synthesize ideas is. . . .

• Orienter role
• Information giver role
• Initiator-Contributor role
• Recorder role

Group member roles are determined by:

• The type of assigned task
• The extent to which members are concerned with accomplishing the task
• How members communicate with one another
• All of the above

Which of the 6 main roles is responsible for communicating with the group in a warm and supportive manner?

• Harmonizer role
• Orienter role
• Initiator-Contributor role
• Encourager role

Overall, there are __ potential roles that members can play within a group.

• 6
• 12
• 19
• 9

The two sets of communicative behaviors are ___________ and __________.

• Verbal and nonverbal 
• Task accomplishment and relational aspects
• Problem-solving and conflict management
• Building and maintenance

Which role's prior experience and expertise in technology plays a part in today's Communication Age?

• Information Giver role
• Encourager role
• Group leader role
• Orienter role