DEOMI Exam 1 study set with verified
answers
- CORRECT ANSWER-In this stage of the Bennett (1998) scale,
Task - CORRECT ANSWER-Most groups focus on
... [Show More] this level of group operation (from
task, maintenance, and individual functions).
Group - CORRECT ANSWER-Describe persons who are interacting with one another in
such a manner that each person
influences and is influenced by each other.
Formal Group = requires some kind of organization and task. Made up of various roles
for which individuals are recruited..
Informal Group = informally allocate roles among themselves depending on individual
preferences, and they may undertake a task together. - CORRECT ANSWER-What is
the difference between a formal and an informal group?
Informal Group - CORRECT ANSWER-Which type of group allocates roles among
themselves depending on individual preferences, the collection of roles
makes a system possible, and they may undertake a task together?
1. Interacting Individuals.
2. Taking on a role (more or less defined).
3. Acting within an organizational system of varying degree.
4. Existence of a task (e.g., completion required or not). - CORRECT ANSWER-What
are commonalities among Formal and Informal Groups?
1. Sequential.
2. Development.
3. Thematic. - CORRECT ANSWER-What are Tuckman's principles of group
development Theory?
sequential - CORRECT ANSWER-Among Tuckman's principles, this indicates a specific
stated order that occurs naturally (timing).
Developmental - CORRECT ANSWER-Among Tuckman's principles, this includes
concepts that issues must be resolved to progress; if conflict or apathy becomes group
dominant behavior, group disintegration occurs; and growth occurs when conflict
successfully managed.
Small group - CORRECT ANSWER-small enough so each member is aware of and
able to recall other group members; members perceive all members of group at one
time; and has interdependent goal so all succeed or fail together.
Two emphasized concepts of groups - CORRECT ANSWER-Interaction and mutual
influence
Mutual influence (groups) - CORRECT ANSWER-communication perceived and
responded to in such a way each member potentially affects the other's behavior,
beliefs, opinions, and values
1. Forming.
2. Storming (the most difficult).
3. Norming.
4. Performing.
5. Adjourning. - CORRECT ANSWER-What are the five stages of group development
and which one is probably the most difficult?
Initially polite and superficial as each person seeks out similarities or common needs. -
CORRECT ANSWER-What are the characteristics associated with the forming stage of
group development?
Group members realize the task is different and more difficult than they imagined. -
CORRECT ANSWER-Why is the storming stage sometimes the most difficult stage of
group development?
Storming - CORRECT ANSWER-Stage of group development when members argue
about actions to take and try to rely solely on their own experience, resist collaboration.
Norming - CORRECT ANSWER-Members reconcile competing loyalties and
responsibilities (group stage)
Norming - CORRECT ANSWER-By conclusion of this stage, members have settled into
relationships and expectations.
Performing - CORRECT ANSWER-Group stage where members begin diagnosing and
solving programs and choosing and implementing changes. Group members have
learned roles and accepted each other.
Adjourning - CORRECT ANSWER-Group stage that involves terminat [Show Less]