Question 1

According to the text, groupthink symptoms can be viewed as

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A)   most likely to emerge in collectivistic cultures.
B)   a collective form of moral failure.
C)   a collective form of dissonance reduction.
D)   a collective form of informational influence.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 2

The management of the Walkerton, Ontario water crisis in May 2000 shows many symptoms of which of the following?

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A)   group polarization
B)   groupthink
C)   social loafing
D)   social facilitationE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 3

Which of the following comments is most likely to be made in a group characterized by groupthink?

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A)   "We have been in agreement on matters in the past and I hope that will continue."
B)   "Joe, why don't you play devil's advocate and challenge the course of action most of us seem to prefer?"
C)   "I think we need some outsiders to come in and critique our decision before we proceed."
D)   "We have made some stupid mistakes in the past. Let's work carefully and not make the same errors again."E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 4

A false impression of how other people are thinking, feeling, or responding is known as pluralistic ignorance.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Zajonc resolved the conflicting findings on how the presence of others influences performance with the help of the well-established principle in experimental psychology that arousal

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A)   enhances whatever response tendency is dominant.
B)   interferes with the performance of simple tasks.
C)   inhibits coordination of efforts.
D)   weakens competing motives.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 6

Which of the following is an example of group polarization in one's community?

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A)   Gang delinquency
B)   Cheering wildly at a football game
C)   An isolated, troubled teenager shooting his classmates
D)   All of the choices are correctE) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 7

According to Festinger, it is human nature to want to evaluate our opinions by

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A)   comparing ourselves with others.
B)   designing everyday tests of their validity.
C)   engaging in frequent introspection.
D)   actively studying the results of scientific research.E) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 8

Research on brainstorming reveals that people working ______________ will generate ______________ good ideas.

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A)   alone; fewer
B)   alone; more
C)   in large groups; more
D)   in small group; moreE) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 9

Which of the following can occur in a minimal group situation?

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A)   social facilitation
B)   minority influence
C)   group polarization
D)   group thinkE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 10

According to the "distraction hypothesis," the mere presence of others can cause arousal because one experiences a conflict between

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A)   paying attention to the task and paying attention to the other people.
B)   wanting to perform well and wanting to complete the task.
C)   one's social role and one's personal self-image.
D)   following instructions and making one's own decisions.E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 11

Explain good leadership in terms of what you've learned about minority influence.

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Question 12

Groupthink can be defined as

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A)   a tendency to suppress dissent in the interests of group harmony.
B)   a tendency to sacrifice group cohesiveness in favour of task orientation and problem focus.
C)   enhancement of problem-solving capacity as a result of several persons joining together to work on the same problem.
D)   reduced self-awareness as a result of group immersion and social anonymity.E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 13

When the mere presence of others strengthens the dominant response, ________________ has occurred.

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A)   coaction
B)   competition
C)   social facilitation
D)   group polarizationE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 14

"Self-awareness is the opposite of deindividuation." Explain.

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Question 15

In a study by Latané and his colleagues, participants were asked to shout and clap as loud as possible. Participants produced the most noise when they

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A)   thought they were shouting alone.
B)   thought there was one other person shouting with them.
C)   thought there were five other people shouting with them.
D)   were not feeling any evaluation apprehension.E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 16

In one of social psychology's earliest experiments, Norman Triplett found that children told to wind string on a fishing reel as quickly as possible did their task much faster when

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A)   competing with other children.
B)   each worked alone.
C)   they worked in the presence of co-actors.
D)   they had first practised with their teammates.E) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 17

For simple tasks, ______________ occurs when observation increases evaluation apprehension, whereas ______________ occurs when the pooling of effort lowers evaluation apprehension.

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A)   social facilitation; social loafing
B)   social loafing; group polarization
C)   deindividuation; social loafing
D)   social loafing; deindividuationE) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 18

The tendency for people to exert less effort when they pool their efforts toward a common goal than when they are individually accountable is known as social loafing.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Barbara is a professor and gives lectures to groups of students ranging from 40 to 100. She is never anxious, enjoys giving these lectures, and doesn't have many problems speaking in front of the students. However, at a conference, Barbara has been asked to speak in front of a group of approximately 1000 of her academic peers. Based on the principles in your text, Barbara is most likely to

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A)   experience enhanced performance because she is engaging in a well-learned behaviour.
B)   present her speech without much difference between the way she lectures to her students.
C)   experience some difficulty during her speech due to anxiety that interferes with her speaking abilities.
D)   experience excessive anxiety and be unable to perform her speech.E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 20

Closed-mindedness is most clearly fostered by which of the following symptoms of groupthink?

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A)   rationalization
B)   unquestioned belief in the group's morality
C)   an illusion of unanimity
D)   conformity pressureE) None of the above
F) C) and D)

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