A. group decisions will always be better that individual decisions
B. when most of the group members initially favor a cautions decision, discussion will cause the group to adopt even more cautions decision
C. a group will always eventually divide into groups with opposing decisions
D. when most of the group members initially favor a cautions decision, discussion will cause the group to adopt a risky decision
Related Mcqs:
- Stroebe and Diehl (1994) conducted a clever piece of research into why brainstorming does not appear to enhance individual creativity. They hypothesized that, during a brainstorming session, because may speak at a time, other group members have to keep silent, and may be distracted by the content of the group discussion or forget their own ideas. Storebe and Diehi termed this phenomenon ‘production blocking’, because the waiting time before speaking and the distracting influence of others ‘ idea could potentially block individuals from coming up with their ideas. The result of their subsequent study were clear-cut: participants generated approximately twice as many ideas when they were allowed to express their ideas as they occurred than when they had to wait their turn. But which two of the following can we infer from these results?
1.That ‘production blocking’ does not occur in interactive brainstorming groups.
2.That ‘production blocking’ is an important factor explaining the inferiority of interactive brainstorming groups.
3.That it may be more effective to ask group members to develop their ideas in one group, and than express them to another group.
4.That it may be more effective to ask group members to develop their ideas separately, and then express them in a subsequent joint meeting.A. 1 & 2
B. 2 & 3
C. 1 & 3
D. 2 & 4 - Stroebe and Diehl(1994) conducted a clever piece of research into why brainstorming does not appear to enhance individual creativity. They hypothesized that, during a brainstorming session, because may speak at a time, other group members have to keep silent, and may be distracted by the content of the group discussion or forget their own ideas. Storebe and Diehi termed this phenomenon ‘production blocking’, because the waiting time before speaking and the distracting influence of others ‘ idea could potentially block individuals from coming up with their ideas. The result of their subsequent study were clear-cut: participants generated approximately twice as many ideas when they were allowed to express their ideas as they occurred than when they had to wait their turn. But which two of the following can we infer from these results?
1.That ‘production blocking’ does not occur in interactive brainstorming groups.
2.That ‘production blocking’ is an important factor explaining the inferiority of interactive brainstorming groups.
3.That it may be more effective to ask group members to develop their ideas in one group, and than express them to another group.
4.That it may be more effective to ask group members to develop their ideas separately, and then express them in a subsequent joint meeting.A. 1 & 2
B. 2 & 3
C. 1 & 3
D. 2 & 4 - Research has indicated that egocentricity, group polarization and production-blocking all contribute to diminished_______.
A. Group decision- making
B. Group cohesiveness
C. Organizational culture
D. Group effectiveness - Tanvir is a graduate student who is studying identity formation. He selects a group of 5-year-olds, a group of 10-years-olds, and a group of 15-year-olds, and a group of 15-year-olds, and interviews each group asking them what they plan to be when they finish school. In this example, Tanvir is using:
A. a multi-factorial research design
B. a longitudinal research design
C. a cross-sectional research design
D. a nested condition research design - Sarah in a group which is responsible for keeping a mile in a local road clear of litter wice a year, anyone who wants to can help the group pick up garbage and litter along the highway. Which of the following describes the type of group Sarah is in?
A. task and social
B. social and inclusive
C. task and exclusive
D. task and inclusive - You believe that short men have a tendency to be insecure. The concept of illusory correlation implies that you will:
A. overestimate how often short men are insecure
B. underestimate are frequency of short men in population
C. overestimate the frequency of short men in the population
D. falsely assume the shortness in men cause insecurity - The tilt illusion, the luminance contrast effect and the color illusion are examples of what type of contrast effect?
A. Before-effects
B. After-effects
C. Waterfall illusions
D. Perceptual illusions - From the______view point education implies change and can be regarded either as process or as product:
A. Cultural
B. Individual
C. Psychological
D. Fundamental - Educational products, as representative of the total effect of learning, differ among_____groups and between members of the same group:
A. Cultural
B. Licensed
C. Successful
D. Existing - In the study on group communication and leadership, which communication styles would it be impossible to predict who would be seen as the group leader?
A. the chain and wheel communications
B. the y and circle communications
C. the y and free communications
D. the circle and free communications
