Final Exam

For your final essay, describe your group interactions over the course of this semester using these characteristics. Make sure to respond to all of the 5 areas and be as specific and thorough as possible in your explanations. To earn full credit, you will need to provide a synthesis of your experiences and definitions from the book in your analyses. You may write the final exam in essay form or number your paper and respond accordingly. This exam is heavily weighted and will require you to use critical thinking and proper citations from the text.Your final exam is worth 200 points. 40 points for each response. This exam is due by noon on Friday, June 24th via blackboard mail. I will post the test and send it as an email on Thursday, June 23rd following class.




1. Type of group (Define the type of group and purposes)

2. Formation (Analyze your group interactions in terms of the following areas: forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning. See page 182.)

3. Interaction: Identify your group's feature in terms of:

- Togetherness: interdependence, cohesiveness
- Peformance: norms, sanctions, culture

4. Leadership: Identify your group leadership in terms of:

- Power: formal/ informal

5. Decision Making: Identify the forms of communication used in decision making in terms of:

- Promotive, Disruptive, and/ or Counteractive

Extra Credit:

Compare and contrast your experiences in your group for this class with one that you have had in a group interaction in another course. Worth 10 points. Briefly address the above areas for full credit.