978-1285444604 Solution Manual Part 4

SET #2

1. Name of the coffee house frequented by characters in Friends?

d. Jangled Nerve

2. On House, Dr. House exhibits a noticeable physical affliction, which is

a. crippling arthritis

b. paralysis from the waist down

c. a pronounced limp

d. nerve tremors in his hands

3. Which of the following was NEVER a #1 rated TV show for any full season?

b. Survivor: The Australian Outback

c. Roseanne

d. 60 Minutes

4. In Major Crimes, the Mary McDonnell character is named

5. The highest rated TV drama for the 2013-2014 season was

b. NCIS

d. Game of Thrones

SET #3

a. Café Nervosa

b. Central Perk

c. Café Caffeine

1. On The Mentalist, the Simon Baker character

a. is a psychic

b. at one time pretended to be a psychic

c. pretends to be a psychiatrist

d. is a fake clairvoyant

2. The main characters on Desperate Housewives live on

a. Orange Grove Road

b. Avarice Avenue

c. Wisteria Lane

d. Penny Lane

3. Neil Patrick Harris, former Doogie Houser character, plays Barney in which series?

a. How I Met Your Mother

b. Chuck

c. Boston Legal

d. Heroes

4. On Castle, the main character, Rick Castle, is a

a. police officer

b. murder mystery writer

c. district attorney

d. newspaper editor

5. Person of Interest depicts a former CIA agent named John Reese who is recruited by

a mysterious billionaire named Harold Finch to

a. prevent terrorists from infiltrating the U.S. government

b. rig elections in countries around the world

c. prevent violent crimes in New York City

d. corrupt vulnerable politicians to do his bidding

SET #4

1. On Grimm, which character is actually a Grimm?

a. Nick Burkhardt

b. Hank Griffin

c. Rosalee Calvert

d. Monroe

2. The two main geeky characters in The Big Bang Theory are

a. Niles and Giles

b. Waldo and Albie

c. Sheldon and Leonard

d. Darwin and Boots

3. Joshua Jackson from Dawson’s Creek, played another character in the series

a. Supernatural

b. Gossip Girl

c. Nip/Tuck

d. Fringe

4. On the series Gilmore Girls, the mother and daughter characters are named

a. Glenda and Abigail

b. Lorelai and Rory

c. Lana and Dana

d. Lory and Tory

5. The BBC Sherlock Holmes series on PBS features which actor as Sherlock?

a. Martin Freeman

b. Steven Moffat

c. Benedict Cumberbatch

d. Mark Gatiss

ANSWERS TO SETS 1-4 (VERSION #2)

SET #1

1. a

2. d

3. a

4. d

5. b

SET #2

1. b

2. c

3. a

4. c

5. b

SET #3

1. b

2. c

3. a

4. b

5. c

SET #4

1. a

2. c

3. d

4. b

5. c

VERSION #3 (My thanks to Char Morrison, instructor at Cabrillo College, for

contributing this version)

Set #1

1. Which movie has Drew Barrymore NOT starred in:

a. 50 First Dates

b. How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

c. Never Been Kissed

d. The Wedding Singer

2. Who played the role of Mr. Pink in Quentin Tarantino’s “Reservoir Dogs?”

a. Tim Roth

b. Chris Penn

c. Steve Buscemi

d. Harvey Keitel

3. The movie “Fargo” takes place in which state?

a. Minnesota

b. North Dakota

c. Wisconsin

d. South Dakota

4. Kirsten Dunst was how old when she starred in “Interview With a Vampire?”

a. 10

b. 9

c. 12

d. 11

5. The 2008 Academy Award for Best Actress went to:

a. Marion Cotillard for “La Vie En Rose”

b. Kate Winslet for “The Reader”

c. Tilda Swinton for “Michael Clayton”

d. Sandra Bullock for “The Blind Side”

Set #2

1. Brad Pitt has NEVER co-starred with which actress?

a. Nicole Kidman

b. Julia Roberts

c. Cate Blanchett

d. Susan Sarandon

2. Which actress won the Razzie (Raspberry Award) for worst actress in 2009?

a. Paris Hilton in “The Hottie and the Nottie”

b. Lindsay Lohan in “I Know Who Killed Me”

c. Miley Cyrus in “Hannah Montana: The Movie”

d. Megan Fox in “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”

3. In “Tropic Thunder,” the name of the fake movie trailer starring Robert Downey Jr. and

Tobey Maguire is called:

a. A Forbidden Sacrament

b. Devil’s Dance

c. Satan’s Alley

d. Seminary Secrets

4. “The Help” is about

a. African American maids in the 1960s South

b. Nurses in a nearly bankrupt urban hospital

c. Computer technology crisis technicians

d. Interns in a high-powered law firm

5. The 2006 Academy Award for Best Picture went to?

a. Babel

b. Crash

c. The Departed

d. Brokeback Mountain

Set #3

1. What was the first movie for which the cost of obtaining rights to the soundtrack

outweighed the production costs for the entire film?

a. The Wall

b. Clerks

c. Footloose

d. The Blair Witch Project

2. Which of these is the highest grossing scary movie of all time?

a. Halloween

b. The Exorcist

c. Jaws

d. The Sixth Sense

3. The “Devil Wears Prada” is based on the real life workings at what fashion magazine?

a. Vogue

b. Harper’s Bazaar

c. Elle

d. Women’s Wear Daily

4. What is the SECOND rule about “Fight Club?”

a. Fights will go on as long as they have to

b. No shirts, no shoes

c. Don’t talk about Fight Club

d. If this is your first night at Fight Club, you have to fight

5. The 2007 Academy Award for Best Actor went to:

a. Leonardo DiCaprio for “The Departed”

b. Heath Ledger for “The Dark Knight”

c. Daniel Day-Lewis for “There Will Be Blood”

d. Sean Penn for “Milk”

Set #4

1. Which prop from the Harry Potter movies did actor Daniel Radcliffe (who plays Harry)

wish to keep as a souvenir after all the filming ended?

a. Harry’s wand

b. The Golden Snitch

c. Harry’s glasses

d. The Gryffindor Sword

2. The movie “Titanic” was set in which year?

a. 1905

b. 1912

c. 1915

d. 1922

3. Cameron Crowe mostly based the lead character, Russell Hammond (played by Billy

Crudup), on which real-life rocker?

a. Jimmy Page from Led Zeppelin

b. Glenn Frey from The Eagles

c. Greg Allman from The Allman Brothers Band

d. Robert Plant from Led Zeppelin

4. The highest grossing romantic comedy of all time (in the US) is:

a. Pretty Woman

b. There’s Something About Mary

c. Sex and the City

d. My Big Fat Greek Wedding

5. The Academy Award for Best Picture in 2002 went to:

a. Moulin Rouge

b. A Beautiful Mind

c. The Lord of the Rings: Twin Towers

d. Chicago

ANSWERS TO SETS 1-4 (VERSION #3)

SET #1

1. b

2. c

3. a

4. c

5. b

SET #2

1. a

2. a

3. c

4. a

5. c

SET #3

1. b

2. c

3. a

4. c

5. c

SET #4

1. c

2. b

3. b

4. d

5. d

NOTE: A few of these answers may change as new films are released.

CHAPTER 3

Group Development

I. Lecture/discussion on periodic phases of group development

A. Forming–reasons why groups form

B. Storming–tension and conflict in groups

C. Norming–standards of appropriate behavior are established

D. Performing–task accomplishment

II. NBC “Dateline” explores conformity (see opening 5-minute segment) at:

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/36787261/ns/dateline_nbc-

the_hansen_files_with_chris_hansen/t/what-were-you-thinking/#.VEQbDxYxpZs

III. Excerpts of norm violations from popular movies

A. Excerpts from popular movies such as, Liar, Liar (almost any scene showing

Jim Carrey telling the unvarnished truth); Never Been Kissed (take your pick of

scenes where the Drew Barrymore character dresses “abnormally,” acts

strangely, and makes numerous mistakes); Groundhog Day (numerous scenes

where the Bill Murray character violates norms once he figures out that there are

no consequences for his actions because he wakes the next day and starts

February 2 all over again; My Cousin Vinny (numerous violations of norms both

explicit and implicit—is the stuttering lawyer a nonconformist?); Election

(scenes of student body assembly for student speeches on the upcoming election

are priceless examples of conformity and nonconformity); Bulworth (several

scenes: the Warren Beatty character’s speech to an African American audience,

his presentation to a group of filmmakers, and his “rap” before a large audience

of supporters and contributors are all hilarious examples of nonconformity); The

Hangover I and II (most scenes of aberrant male behavior); I Love You Man

(Jason Segal character is often grossly nonconformist).

B. Discuss the movie excerpts in terms of implicit and explicit norms and how

groups handle norm violations. You may decide to discuss strategies for dealing

with individual defiance in groups (see Chapter Nine of text).

IV. “Building Blocks: Group Polarization and Pressure” exercise

This is a nice transition exercise ending Chapter Three group (performance) and rolling

into Chapter Four on group climate.

A. Purposes

1. To illustrate that the process of competing, not necessarily what we compete

for (prizes, money, etc.), produces frequently negative effects.

2. To demonstrate pressure on individuals to conform to the wishes of