Week 8

Question 1

A kind of decision process in which maintaining group cohesiveness and solidarity is more important than considering the facts in a realistic manner.

Answer 1

Groupthink

Question 2

The tendency for groups to make decisions that are more extreme than the initial inclinations of their members.

Answer 2

Group Polarisation

Question 3

Any aspect of group interaction that inhibits good problem solving.

Answer 3

Process Loss

Question 4

A solution to a conflict whereby the parties make trade-offs on issues,

Answer 4

Integrative Solution

Question 5

Leaders who set clear, short-term goals and reward people who meet them.

Answer 5

Transactional Leaders

Question 6

A means of encouraging cooperation by at first acting cooperatively but then always responding the way your opponent did (cooperatively or competitively) on the previous trial.

Answer 6

Tit for Tat strategy

Question 7

The idea that the effectiveness of a leader depends both on how task or relationship-oriented the leader is and on the amount of control the leader has over the group

Answer 7

Contingency Theory for Leadership

Question 8

A conflict in which the most beneficial action for an individual will, if chosen by most people, have harmful effects on everyone.

Answer 8

Social Diellema