Paige Is Elected the Leader of a Group Requiring a Moderate

question 124

Multiple Choice

Paige is elected the leader of a group requiring a moderate degree of situational control. According to the contingency model, she is most likely to be an effective leader if she

• A) is relations-oriented.
• B) is single-minded in her focus on job performance.
• C) makes most decisions herself and does not ask for guidance.
• D) is task-oriented.

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Definitions:

Warning Coloration

Bright and distinctive patterns of color used by certain organisms to signal danger or unpalatability to predators.

Camouflage

Coloration or body form that helps an organism blend in with its surroundings and escape detection.

Competitive Exclusion

A principle stating that two species competing for the same resources cannot coexist permanently if their ecological niches are identical.

Character Displacement

A phenomenon where differences among similar species whose distributions overlap geographically are accentuated in regions where the species co-occur but are minimized or lost where the species' distributions do not overlap.