The Psychology of Groups

When groups spend most of their time discussing knowledge they all share, this is known as the __________ effect.

• common knowledge

• shared awareness

• collective understanding

• group consensus

To increase his self-esteem Sam chooses to play in a tennis league with players who are less skilled them himself. This is an example of:

• Social Facilitation

• Upward Social Comparison

• Downward Social comparison

• Self-serving Bias

The manager at the movie theater notices that a crew of 4 cleans a theater as quickly as a crew of 6. This is due to ______ blank.

• groupthink

• social loafing

• deindividuation

• social facilitation

This stage of Tuckman's theory of group development generally has the most disagreement and conflict.

• Forming

• Storming

• Norming

• Performing

Jane is on a very successful club basketball team, but she rarely plays and makes many mistakes. __________ explains how she focuses on the team's success and status to build her self-worth.

• collective self esteem

• personal self-esteem

• social identity theory

• individual achievement

An explanation for social loafing comes from the term __________ .

• groupthink

• social facilitation

• coordination loss

• deindividuation

A person's performance should improve in the presence of others in tasks that are __________ .

• complex tasks

• novel tasks

• difficult challenges

• simple responses

When golfing, Jill plays better when her teammates are watching than when she is by herself. This is an example of:

• social comparison

• self-determination

• group cohesion

• social facilitation

What is the correct order of the stages of group development between the formatting and adjourning stages?

• Forming, storming, norming

• Storming, forming, performing

• Storming, norming, performing

• Performing, storming, norming

Being accepted into groups affects one's personal value and self-esteem according to the ___________ model.

• social contract

• sociometer

• sociology

• social dominance