Author Question: According to Solomon Ash's metaphor of water for understanding groups, a. The properties of the ... (Read 8 times)

Pineappleeh · **on:** Jul 31, 2018

According to Solomon Ash's metaphor of water for understanding groups,

a. The properties of the constituting members of a group will sufficiently explain
the behavior and effect of a group
b. A group as a unit is always a unique entity, thus examining the members of a
group will not help us learn more about the group
c. We need to understand both the characteristics of the members, and of
their combination as an entity
d. Pseudogroups don't stick together because they don't have any interest in
working together.

Question 2

Social psychologists subscribing to the group orientation believe that

a. Studying individuals is not sufficient to understand how groups work
b. The sum of individual behavior equals groups behavior, consequently social
psychologists should focus on individual behavior
c. You can't stumble over a group
d. Using individual members as the unit of analysis is appropriate as long as the
group in question is homogeneous