Chapter 6

Question 1

2 or more individuals who interact, share goods and norms and have subjective awareness as “we”

Answer 1

group

Question 2

group consisting of exactly 2 people

Answer 2

dyad

Question 3

group consisting of 3 people

Answer 3

triad

Question 4

tendency for triads to segregate into coalition

Answer 4

triadic segregation

Question 5

the alliance formed by 2 or more individuals in order to achieve certain ends

Answer 5

coalition

Question 6

the effects of group number on group behavior independent of the personality characteristics of the members themselves

Answer 6

group size effects

Question 7

consisting of intimate, face-to-face interaction and relatively long lasting relationships

Answer 7

primary group

Question 8

those that are larger in membership, less intimate and less long lasting

Answer 8

secondary groups

Question 9

needs for intimacy, companionship and emotional support

Answer 9

expressive needs

Question 10

emotionally neutral, task oriented, goal oriented needs

Answer 10

instrumental needs

Question 11

what are primary and secondary groups considered?

Answer 11

membership groups

Question 12

those to which you may or may not belong but use as a standard for evaluating your values attitudes and behaviors

Answer 12

reference groups

Question 13

principle that we all make inferences about the personalities of others

Answer 13

attribution theory

Question 14

errors made in attributing causes for people’s behavior to their membership in a particular group, such as a racial group

Answer 14

attribution error

Question 15

Set of links between individuals groups or other social units such as bureaucratic organizations or even entire nations

Answer 15

Social network

Question 16

The conviction that one’s impervious to social influence

Answer 16

Not-me syndrome

Question 17

Tendency for group members, after discussion and interaction, to engage in riskier behavior than they would while alone

Answer 17

Risky shift

Question 18

Shifting group opinion in terms of risk either increase or a decrease in degree of risk from before discussion to after discussion

Answer 18

Polarization shift

Question 19

Large secondary group highly organized accomplish a complex task or tasks and to achieve goals efficiently

Answer 19

Formal organization

Question 20

Having manufacturing tasks ordinarily performed by the home company instead of foreign workers

Answer 20

Outsourcing

Question 21

An organization having a voluntary membership and that pursues goals

Answer 21

Normative organizations

Question 22

Characterized by membership that is largely involuntary

Answer 22

Coercive code organizations

Question 23

Did a study showing how to structure of organizations leads to obstacles and the advancement of groups that are tokens rarely represented in the organizational environment

Answer 23

Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Question 24

• “Us”
• one belongs to
• provides identity
• essentially the “ok” group

Answer 24

In-Group

Question 25

• “Them”
• no belonging
• complementary to in-group
• essentially “bad”

Answer 25

Out-Group