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biggirl4568

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You have been asked to organize a problem-solving meeting. Based on what you learned in social psychology, which of the following is not a good way to make sure unique information gets shared at the meeting?
 
  a. Make the meeting long enough so that unique information has time to be shared.
  b. Skip asking for everyone's initial ideas and preferences at the beginning of the meeting.
  c. Before the meeting, assign certain people to focus on specific parts of the problem.
  d. Have a very forceful, directive leader to handle the meeting.

Question 2

Members of a twelve-person jury all took slightly different notes of the testimony they heard. When they get together, everyone has written information about the physical description of the assailant,
 
  one wrote down the defendant's alibi, three people wrote details of the crime, and four other people wrote information about the credibility of the eyewitnesses. Based on how groups tend to share information (as presented in your text), which piece of information will the jury be most likely to spend the most time discussing?
  a. the physical description of the assailant
  b. the defendant's alibi
  c. the details of the crime
  d. the credibility of the eyewitnesses
  Answer: A



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: D

Answer to Question 2

Difficulty: 3



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