Positive Group Roles
Negative Group Roles
Definitions and Key Terms
Identifying the Goal
Chapter 10 - Bonus
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Who inputs and shares their ideas among the group, to motivate other group members to answer?
The idea sharer
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What is the similarity of a rescuer and a dominator?
Doing excessive amounts of work, independent decision making, and offering premature solutions
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What does the group rescuer do?
Takes all the work upon themselves to avoid getting a bad mark
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What is the definition of a goal?
A target that you aim for
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Name the biggest challenge of evaluation.
Not using judgemental terminology.
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Who helps perk up the group and keeps them going, even during difficult assignments?
The group motivator
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What is a member of the team called when they assume their actions are more important than the group’s work?
The distractor
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Is the rescuer a helpful or a hurtful role?
A hurtful role
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What is the definition of a role?
A set of expectations associated with particular responsibilities within a society of a group
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What two things should take place and be set at every group meeting?
What is an informal evaluation, and a group goal.
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Who sums up your group progress and combines ideas into one?
The progress summarizer
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What is the best way to deal with having a cynic in the group?
Counter the negativity with optimistic attitude and actions
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What is the job of a communication facilitator?
Someone who uses good communication skills and helps bring the group together
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What is every small groups two basic goals?
The first is a Task Goal, second is a Social Goal
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Explain the definition of a focus behaviour.
The specific behaviours that need to be evaluated by a group.
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Who speaks up for the group and tries to coax answers out of all the group members?
The idea seeker
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What is a harmful group role in which they may also be referred to as “the ghost”?
The free rider
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What is the role of a cynic?
A pessimistic, mistrusting group member who makes discouraging comments to everyone
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A social goal is the job of getting what done?
Building good relationships
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Explain the difference between informal, and formal evaluation.
Informal is spontaneous, formal is planned.
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Another word for what could be explained as the group leader, by making plans of action and helping make ideas happen.
The direction suggester
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The aggressor is never subtle with their active aggression, true or false?
False, their comments are often passive aggressive
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Name the job of an idea seeker
They encourage others to bring up their ideas and comments about the presentation
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What two aspects does a successful team have?
They are both productive and cohesive
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What is an unavoidable situation within a group?
A conflict of any kind between members and group performance.
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