Examtests with Group Dynamics by Forsyth - 7th edition

What are group dynamics? - ExamTests 1

MC-questions with chapter 1

Question 1

How is a group not defined:

1. Connected to each other.
2. Common enemy.
3. Two or more individuals.
4. Through social relationships

Question 2

What is the correct answer? All groups have a few corresponding characteristics. For example, these are:

1. Interaction, clear structure, interdependence.
2. Interaction, meet primary needs, cohesion.
3. Clear structure, interdependence, cohesion.
4. Clear structure, meet primary needs, cohesion.

Question 3

By definition, a social group is a ....

1. Primary group.
2. Non-primary group.
3. Task-orientated group.
4. Relationship-orientated group.

Answers MC-questions with chapter 1

Question 1

B. Common enemy.

Question 2

C. Clear structure, interdependence, cohesion.

Question 3

B. Non-primary group.

How can groups be examined? - ExamTests 2

MC-questions with chapter 2

Question 1

The study of groups is not done by..

1. Overt observation by the testleader.
2. Covert observation by the testleader.
3. Overt en covert observationss by groupmembers.
4. Self-report by groupmembers.

Question 2

With observations, behavior can be coded with numbers. A well-known codingsystem within group dynamics is....

1. Interaction process analysis.
2. Sociometry.
3. Social network analysis.
4. Diverse group process analysis.

Question 3

A research method in which the researcher manipulates an independent variable and measures a dependent variable is called..

1. Self-report.
2. Case study.
3. Experiment.
4. Correlational research.

Question 4

Skinner assumed that the law of effect was related to behavior. This is an example of....

1. Motivational perspective.
2. Behavioral perspective.
3. Systems perspective.
4. Biological perspective.

Answers MC-questions with chapter 2

Question 1

C. Overt en covert observationss by groupmembers

Question 2

A. Interaction process analysis

Question 3

C. Experiment

Question 4

B. Behavioral perspective

What is identity? - ExamTests 3

MC-questions with chapter 3

Question 1

What is not correct?

1. We all have the need to belong.
2. The smaller the social capital, the better the ties between individuals.
3. A group that creates a link between members, like a social club, often only results in decreased feelings of social loneliness and not often in decreased feelings of emotional loneliness.
4. A groupmember can be punished by ostracizing him.

Question 2

If someone describes himself in terms of personal characteristics, he does this from ... on a ...level.

1. Individualism, meso.
2. Collectivism, micro.
3. Individualism, micro.
4. Collectivism, meso.

Question 3

For their research, Tajfel en Turner used a research procedure called minimal intergroup situation. Results showed that groupmembers who have nothing to do with each other....

1. Showed little interest in each other.
2. Showed altruistic behavior towards each other quite quickly.
3. Valued their own group just as much as another group.
4. Thought more positively about each other than about members of a different group.

Answers MC-questions with chapter 3

Question 1

B. The smaller the social capital, the better the ties between individuals.

Question 2

C. Individualism, micro.

Question 3

D. Thought more positively about each other than about members of a different group.

What is formation? - ExamTests 4

MC-questions with chapter 4

Question 1

There are three types of social motivation. Which of the following is not one of them?

1. Need for affiliation.
2. Need for intimacy.
3. Need for equipment.
4. Need for power.

Question 2

Bowlby's attachment theory describes attachment styles. When someone is insecure about himself and is scared of rejection, that person has a ....

1. Secure attachment style.
2. Preoccupied attachment style.
3. Fearful attachment style.
4. Dismissing attachment style.

Question 3

Newcomb described factors that influenced the tendency to seek out relationships. Which of the following is not one of them?

1. Heterophily.
2. Proximity.
3. Elaboration.
4. Complementarity.

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Question 1

C. Need for equipment.

Question 2

D. Dismissing attachment style.

Question 3

A. Heterophily.

How does cohesion develop within a group? - ExamTests 5

MC-questions with chapter 5

Question 1

Hogg found that any factor that increases the tendency of group members to categorize themselves as a group member will lead to less personal attraction. This is an example of...

1. Social cohesion.
2. Taskcohesion.
3. Emotional cohesion.
4. Collective cohesion.

Question 2

A serious form of initiation, whereby members are exposed to serious psychological and physical experiences, is called...

1. Cognitive dissonance.
2. Hazing.
3. Tradition.
4. Dominance.

Answers MC-questions with chapter 5

Question 1

A. Social cohesion.

Question 2

B. Hazing.

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