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1. A corporate vice president has given a hiring committee made up of members from different departments the following goal: "Review the 18 job candidate resumes and references. Send me your committee's top 3 recommendations by noon tomorrow, including a list of each of the top candidate's strengths and weakness." Which criteria and question for setting a group's goal has the vice president failed to consider?

a. Cost: Is there adequate time and resources to achieve the goal?

b. Clarity: Is the goal statement specific and measurable?

c. Commitment: Is the group goal challenging and important to these members?

d. Cooperation: Will group members see the goal as meaningful?

Tip: Consider This: Achievable group goals require more than a worthy objective. LO 2.2: Explain the guidelines for establishing a clear and elevated group goal

2. The famous prisoner-guard studies conducted by Stanford University's Phillip Zimbardo in the early 1970s were halted because

a. students were assigned to play the roles of "guards" and "prisoners" for several consecutive days.

b. student "prisoners" staged a rebellion and attacked their guards.

c. students were not given a set of norms for their behavior in assigned groups.

d. student "guards" abused their power and mistreated the "prisoners."

3. In a sermon, Martin Luther King, Jr. said: "Nonconformity is creative when it is controlled and directed by a transformed life and is constructive when it embraces a new mental outlook." What kind of nonconformity was he talking about?

a. Inspired conformity

b. Social nonconformity

c. Destructive nonconformity

d. Constructive nonconformity

4. What did a major league baseball player mean when he said, "I used to enjoy playing baseball until I started getting paid for it."?

a. Intrinsic rewards such as money, job benefits, perks, and promotions motivate workers.

b. Intrinsic rewards inspire and motivate people more than extrinsic rewards.

c. Extrinsic rewards inspire and motivate people more than intrinsic rewards.

d. Extrinsic rewards are the incentives that come from external sources, such as a boss or teacher.