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littleanan

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For seven years, Bonnie Patterson has been a manager at Wayne and Watson, a legal consultancy firm. A good part of her workday involves holding meetings, and she likes to follow a well-defined schedule.
 
  For this reason, members of her team receive the agenda at the beginning of the meeting, followed by some time to contemplate the issue at hand individually. Subsequently, the team members present their ideas one after the other, the group discusses them together, and lastly, a ranking is done to choose the most favored idea. This represents the ________ approach of group decision making.
  A) interacting
  B) reference group
  C) brainstorming
  D) nominal group
  E) groupthink

Question 2

Negative affect is a mood dimension consisting of ________ at the low end.
 
  A) nervousness
  B) relaxation
  C) anxiety
  D) stress
  E) depression


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Answer to Question 1

D
Explanation: D) The nominal group technique restricts discussion or interpersonal communication during the decision-making process, hence the term nominal. Group members are all physically present, as in a traditional committee meeting, but they operate independently.

Answer to Question 2

E
Explanation: E) Negative affect is a mood dimension consisting of nervousness, stress, and anxiety at the high end and depressed and bored at the low end.



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