Describe pressure to fail

What will be an ideal response?


Sometimes groups may not meet their potential because the majority of group members place pressure on the most capable members not to excel. The implication is that the weaker group members control the outcome and require others who might want to excel to do only the minimum necessary.

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a. dialectic b. relational script c. suprasystem d. subsystem

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Reasoning from _____ involves examining several cases and then concluding something about the whole

A) specific instances B) causes and effects C) sign D) ethical proof

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The first TV newscasts:

a. were 15 minutes long. b. expanded to an hour by the 1980s. c. explored topics in depth. d. were simulcast on network radio.

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Janet and her boyfriend use the phrase “Do you want to break the ice?” when they want to go out to a movie. This is the _________________ meaning of the phrase.

a. connotative b. experimental c. semantic d. denotative

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