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	The best thing for a group is to be successful, even if they don't understand why.

	True False

	Systems thinking helps us conceptualize the ways in which small groups communicate.

	True False

	Most groups find double-loop learning, quantum change and sensitivity to strange attractors difficult to engage in.

	True False

	Entropy means disorganization, stagnation, and chaos.
	Entropy means disorganization, stagnation, and chaos.
	True False

	Focusing on the internal group processes and excluding extraneous influence of the larger external environment is important to effective small group communication and decision making.

	True False

Meaning is based on:

the complex, dynamically changing context within which we communicatethe individual backgrounds that group members bring to the meetings with thema symbolic interpretation of another's communicationirrefutable facts and evidence, and the understandings developed among people

A system is defined as:

second-order quantum change that leads a group to become a highly effective entitya complex, dynamically changing set of verbal and nonverbal messagesa collection of interrelated elements that function together to create a totally different wholea set of relationally based problem-solving principles and skills used by small groups

Open systems express the characteristics of:

bifurcation, irreversibility, and phase shifting, among othersfuzzy logic, complex thinking, and dynamic interfacing of nodes, among othersstrange attractors, morphogenesis, and coming together of neural networks, among otherssynergy, transformation, and equifinality, among others

Complex systems are characterized by:

conformity, consistency, and causalitybifurcation points, strange attractors, and quantum change, among othersstagnant, deep-rooted, and structurally unchangingstability, equanimity, and duplicity, among others

Five principles underlying the application of a systems perspective to small group communication are the assumptions of a:

complex, meaningful, contextual, symbolic interpretation, within simultaneous verbal and nonverbal layers, of communicationrandom, meaningless, environmental, deep structural, often overwhelming, influences on small groupsperceptual, attributed, uncertain, choice-making, dichotomous, communication processreversible, multi-perspective, ectomorphic, sometimes irrational, intense, small group process

Why is it important for a group to understand the problem-solving process and not just be successful at it?

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What specifically are the characteristics of open systems and how do they apply to small group communication? How can a group make use of them to develop effective small group communication?

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What specifically are the characteristics of complex systems and how do they apply to small group communication? How can a group make use of them to develop effective small group communication?

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Practice Test

The best thing for a group is to be successful, even if they don't understand why.

Systems thinking helps us conceptualize the ways in which small groups communicate.

Most groups find double-loop learning, quantum change and sensitivity to strange attractors difficult to engage in.

Entropy means disorganization, stagnation, and chaos.

Focusing on the internal group processes and excluding extraneous influence of the larger external environment is important to effective small group communication and decision making.

Meaning is based on:

A system is defined as:

Open systems express the characteristics of:

Complex systems are characterized by:

Five principles underlying the application of a systems perspective to small group communication are the assumptions of a:

Why is it important for a group to understand the problem-solving process and not just be successful at it?

What specifically are the characteristics of open systems and how do they apply to small group communication? How can a group make use of them to develop effective small group communication?

What specifically are the characteristics of complex systems and how do they apply to small group communication? How can a group make use of them to develop effective small group communication?