The __________ experiment demonstrated how normal students accepted and acted on their randomly assigned role of prisoner or guard.

a) Milgram

b) Manville

c) Zimbardo

d) My Lai

Which of the following is false?

a) People enter organizations in a state of role readiness.

b) Roles reduce a persons sense of individuality.

c) Managers do not have roles as much as their subordinates do.

d) Conflicting role expectations can cause increased incidences of lying.

The ___________ experiment demonstrated the power of legitimate authority. Teachers were unwilling to question the experimenters authority for fear of personal embarrassment or upsetting the status quo.

a) Milgram

b) Manville

c) Zimbardo

d) My Lai

The Zimbardo experiment provides insight into ___________ just as the Milgram experiment provides insight into ____________.

a) My Lai massacre; Abu Ghraib prison scandal

b) Watergate scandal; My Lai massacre

c) Abu Ghraib prison scandal; McDonalds case

d) My Lai massacre; Watergate scandal

Groupthink occurs when:

a) A group is working together in a cohesive, flowing manner for peak performance.

b) Group members know each other so well that they are able to anticipate each others ideas.

c) Group members conform to the groups decision and are unwilling to express disagreement.

d) A group cannot make a decision because members are unwilling to compromise.

When team members of a highly cohesive team in the marketing department of Garden Tools, Inc. believes that the group simply would not do anything wrong, it describes the symptom of groupthink called _______.

a) obedience to authority

b) conflicting roles

c) deindividuation

d) illusion of morality