- A group should tighten its boundaries when both the quantity and type of outside influences place an undue stress on the group
- We tend to overestimate our prior knowledge on a subject such as group communication once we have been told the correct answers. This is called the hindsight bias.
- The "magic ratio" of positive to negative feedback to enhance group climate optimally is
- As groups increase in size, formality in processes and procedures decreases
- Ethical standards for competent communication of honesty, respect, fairness, choice, and responsibility should be applied absolutely, with no exceptions.
- When group members experience the normal jitters and feelings of unease when first congregating in groups, this is an example of secondary tension
- The output of the task dimension is cohesiveness; the output of the social dimension is productivity
- To be effective you need to combine knowledge with skill
- t./f A lot of times the roles happen organically, but sometimes you may want to assign roles to get someone involved more
- Language is a structured system of symbols for sharing meaning
- Social loafing is more likely to occur in very small groups than in very large groups
- Roles of Group Members - Formal group roles
- One of your group members consistently "goofs off" during discussions. This is negative synergy in action
- Throughput is the process of transforming input into entropy
- Social compensation is especially likely when high-ability group members are suspected of loafing
- Both verbal and nonverbal communication can be ambiguous, resulting in serious misunderstandings.
- Which operation is not closed for polynomials
- Standard form for slope intercept form
- Standard form for direct variation
- A mathematical statement that represents equality is called an