Group A and Group B, both with 3 members, were given the same tools and supplies and told to build a structure of toothpicks as high as they could in 10 minutes.  Group A’s structure reached 4 feet high.  Group B’s never got higher than 2 feet.  What explains why they didn’t both succeed in the same way?

When using the brainstorming technique, group members take time on their own to write down their ideas, then, they come back and share them with the group. 

In general, the more alternatives a group has to choose from, the better the final decision is likely to be.

When group members are disagreeing about how to start on a task.  What likely stage are they experiencing?  

False consensus is most likely to happen when:

Groupthink happens when the group collaborates and agrees on something together. 

You receive a report from a team member that lacks key details. How would you use the “impact statement” part of the feedback formula?

Groups who spend time socially in the forming stage are likely to experience fewer problems in later stages. 

Negotiation is a process of discussing and reaching an agreement between two or more parties.

The group’s meeting minutes should be recorded but do not need to be distributed to the entire group after the meeting, as long as someone has them in a file.