A(n)____ Group Is Created by Its Own Members for Purposes

question 26

Multiple Choice

A(n) ____ group is created by its own members for purposes that may or may not be relevant to organizational goals.

• A)functional
• B)task
• C)interest
• D)work team
• E)None of these.

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Definitions:

Placebo Effect

The phenomenon that occurs in an experiment when a participant’s response to a treatment is due to his or her expectations about the treatment rather than to the treatment itself.

Sugar Pill

A placebo, often used in medical trials to test the efficacy of new drugs by comparing their effects to those of an inert pill.

Drowsy

A feeling of being sleepily tired and lethargic, not fully awake, often as a prelude to falling asleep.

Random Assignment

The process of selecting participants for experimental and control groups by using a chance procedure to guarantee that each participant has an equal probability of being assigned to any of the groups; a control for selection bias.