CHAPTER 7
1. When groups become more risk-taking or cautious after discussion has occurred than the
initial preferences of group members would indicate, this is called
2. You want to prevent groupthink from becoming a problem in your group. To do this you should
3. Groupthink is a process whereby
ng effectively with information overload is
5. Rationalization of disconfirmation means
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a. make inferences when engaging in decision making and problem solving
b. resist making inferences during group discussion
c. make inferences based on too much information
d. make inferences based on very limited and faulty information
7. Inferences
8. A correlation is
rstellar Dark Beer Drinking Doomsday cult. You predict that the
world will end when consumption of dark beer declines by 5% or more in a year.
Consumption declines 7%, but the world does not end. When this fact is pointed out to you,
mass quantities of dark beer, so they saved
10. Several group members believe in the power of Therapeutic Touch. They see a program on
the Discovery channel that shows examples of TT in action. They are now even more
convinced than ever that TT heals people. Another program on PBS, however, announces
that it will show TT is a fraudulent, worthless therapy. Group members refuse to watch this
program because it casts doubt on their belief in TT. This is an example of
11. Dialectical inquiry is
12. Group polarization can be avoided by
13. The group polarization effect can be explained by
14. Confirmation bias is the psychological predisposition to
15. You can combat false dichotomies in your group by
16. Which of the following is a valid statement about correlations?
17. Which of the following is a consequence of information overload?
18. Group discussion promotes higher quality decision making when
TRUE-FALSE
2. Group polarization is manifested when the poi
7. Pattern recognition is potentially the most effective means of coping with information
rvey found that 66% of the 1,200 callers opposed raising property
10. Specialization is a pattern recognition means of screening information in order to cope with
11. A false dichotomy is either-or thinking where we view the world in terms of
12. A group has to display all the symptoms of groupthink in order to experience the poor quality
15. Information overload occurs when the rate of information flow into a system exceeds the
16. Making inferences is a serious problem for group decision making, so group members should be
17. Advances in electronic technology have made a bias for speed; faster is not only possible but
21. Because of the risky shift phenomenon, groups in all cultures tend to polarize toward risk
22. Groupthink is a decision-making process in which members think deeply about potential
23. Groupthink can be most effectively addressed by discouraging dissent in a group so the
24. As communication technologies become ever more widespread and sophisticated, the problem of
25. Specialization is a particularly effective strategy for addressing the problem of information