Group Dynamics and Roles

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What is the primary responsibility of leaders in a group according to interactionist theories?

Making sure roles are filled (correct)
Maintaining relationships among members
Fulfilling the demands of their roles
Negotiating roles with group members

What is the term for influencing others' social perceptions by selectively revealing personal information?

Role-taking
Role enchantment
Self-presentation (correct)
Social manipulation

According to Sigmund Freud, what influences our actions in a group besides rational plans and motives?

Social expectations
Unconscious interpersonal processes (correct)
Conscious psychological processes
Group norms

What is the name of the model developed by Robert Bales to study group dynamics?

SYMLOG (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the first dimension considered in Bales' SYMLOG model?

Dominance or submissive (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for perceiving the role requirements of other group members' roles by taking their perspective?

Role-taking (A) Signup and view all the answers

What can negatively impact an individual's willingness to choose group therapy in the future?

Having a negative experience in a therapeutic group (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is a benefit of children seeing their parents participate in civic and volunteer associations?

Increased likelihood of the child joining a group later (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is a characteristic of a social movement?

It is a deliberate, sustained, and organized effort to bring change (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the proximity principle in the context of group formation?

The tendency to form relationships with those who are nearby (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is a key component of a collaborative circle?

A shared conception of methods and goals (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is not a characteristic of a social movement?

It is sustained by businesses or governments (D) Signup and view all the answers

What happens when a group faces a difficult issue or experience and does not explicitly adopt standards?

Members will gradually align their behaviors with commonly accepted behavioral practices. (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is social tuning?

The tendency for individuals' actions and evaluations to become more similar to those around them. (B) Signup and view all the answers

What happens to the scope of roles in a group as the number of roles increases?

The scope of roles decreases. (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is a characteristic of norms in a group?

They are both consensual and internalized. (D) Signup and view all the answers

What can be said about the emergence of norms in a group?

It can occur rapidly. (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is necessary for a more reasonable norm to develop in a group?

Group membership must change five or six times. (B) Signup and view all the answers