Science of Slacking
This French agricultural engineer first identified social loafing in 1913 while observing people pulling on a rope.
Who is Max Ringelmann?
What role involves avoiding participation and contributing only when forced?
Social loafer
Name one of the 5 behaviors related to task related roles
Task leader, expediter, information provider, information seeker, gatekeeper, recorder
The name for the effect where people tend put less effort forward when working in a group
What is the Ringlemann Effect?
This Yellowstone character's phrase about who the Bobcat's are playing is stated before kickoff of every Montana state home football game.
Beth Dutton
In a 1979 study by Latane, subjects were asked to perform these two loud actions to measure individual vs. group output.
What are yelling and clapping?
What makes an egghead monopolizer different from a dilettante monopolizer?
Egghead monopolizer has actual expertise and knowledge.
What makes a task leader different from other roles?
They tend to talk more in the group and also tend to do more work.
Large groups increase social loafing because individuals experience this feeling.
Being “lost in the crowd” or “Hiding in the crowd”
This explosive Bozeman bar suffered a gas leak in 2009
What is the R Bar.
This orientation, common in societies like China, often prevents social loafing by prioritizing group goals over self-interest.
What is collectivistic?
A member connects every discussion back to their own experiences and tries to verbally “out-do” others. What behavior does this represent?
One-upping
What is the main role of an expeditor within team roles?
Keep the group on track
What is a group characteristic that can reduce social loafing
Group cohesion/group alignment
This former bobcat men's basketball player is the only one to win Big Sky titles as a coach and a player.
Danny Sprinkle
This specific type of document is recommended as a first step to prevent loafing by defining roles and methods of discipline.
What is a team contract (or team charter)?
A group member frequently challenges proposals, not because the ideas are weak, but because they are resentful about losing a leadership role. What negative role is being displayed?
Central Negative
What is a good trait that a gatekeeper should have when asking questions?
Being invitational or open(any synonym for these)
When there is a lot of social loafing within a group, members may start to feel dissatisfaction, resentment, and frustration resulting in these types of groups
In-Group/Out-Group
Name of the Bobcat statue outside of Jabs
Spirit
According to the text, this should be used only as a "last resort" when confronting a social loafer.
What is exclusion (or booting them from the group)?
A member continues to suggest gathering more opinions even though the group has already researched the issue thoroughly. What role is this?
A Blocker
Why might the recorder role be rotated among the members of a group?
It is considered a low status position or allows other people to actively contribute
This type of measurement, as opposed to individual measurements, is more likely to result in social loafing
Group level performance measurements.
Taco Dowler's real first name
Mclean