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1 1.With regard to personal and team identities, all of the following are true EXCEPT: a.groups and teams provide people with identity. b.feeling good about ourselves is often dependent upon feeling that our groups are adequate or superior to other groups. c.there is a potentially infinite number of group distinctions that people can use to define their identity. d.people with an interdependent outlook focus on the extent to which they are autonomous and unique. 2.The extent to which a person identifies with a group occurs on three distinct identity levels. Individuals who are high in __________ identity are likely to agree with the following statements: “all members need to contribute to achieve the group’s goals” and “this group accomplishes things that no single member could achieve.” a.emotional b.behavioral c.cognitive d.relational  3.This self-concept is achieved by assimilating with significant others, and is based on personalized bonds of attachment. This is best termed as: a.individual self. b.relational self. c.collective self. d.cognitive identity. 4.The __________ self is realized by differentiating ourselves from others; __________ self is achieved by assimilating with significant others; __________ self is achieved by inclusion in large, social groups. a.relational; individual; collective b.individual; relational; collective c.me-centered; we-centered; mixed-motive d.independent; interdependent; codependent   5.Exhibit 12-2 illustrates the progressively more inclusive ways a person can identify himself or herself within an organizational structure. At a basic level, a person might see himself or herself as an individual, but at a wider view, a person might see himself or herself as a member of a unit or a larger organizational area. Group members identify and categorize themselves in this same fashion; categorizing themselves and others in terms of in-groups and out-groups. The more narrowly a group defines itself, the more the group’s behavior becomes: a.cohesive and differentiated. b.inclusive and extraverted. c.competitive and self-serving. d.cooperative and self-sacrificing.  6.Optimal Distinctiveness Theory argues that people: a.want to strive to be the most valued team member. b.prefer to be accepted by others more than being correct, accurate, or right. c.want to neither be too different, nor too similar to others. d.want to be the leader of their team. 7.One implication of the optimal distinctiveness model is that to secure loyalty, teams must not only satisfy members’ needs for affiliation and belonging within a group, but must also: a.maintain high levels of cohesion. b.establish a good record of performance. c.contribute to the greater good of the team. d.maintain clear boundaries that differentiate them from other groups. 8.People who don’t feel respected by their team are __________. Conversely, respected members of organizational groups that have low status and prestige are the most likely to __________. a.high in social comparison; be self-serving and competitive b.not as loyal or committed to their team; donate their time to their team to improve its image c.high in realistic conflict; be high in symbolic conflict d.high in ethnocentrism; stereotype 9.Social comparison theory predicts when: a.a comparable team in your organization performs similarly or better than your team, and the identity of your team is threatened. b.teams will harm or discriminate against other teams when the performance of the other team decreases. c.teams will harm or discriminate against members of their own team when the performance of their own team decreases. d.a member outside of the team performs similarly or better than your team, and the team will feel interdependent with that person. 10.The team discontinuity effect is the fact that: a.teams who perform particularly well are more likely to act in a competitive fashion with other teams. b.if the task holds constant, people in teams behave more competitively toward one another as compared to individuals. c.people in teams lose their self-identity the longer they have been a member of the team. d.teams often begin by cooperating with others, but eventually start competing with others.