Mary manages a department in which employees need to be creative and come up with innovative ideas.This requires them to interact so that they can "bounce ideas off each other." The problem is Mary's subordinates don't speak with each other very much.To improve this situation,social design would suggest arranging the furniture in a ______ pattern.

A) sociocentric
B) sociofugal
C) sociometric
D) sociopetal

In the section on the formation of intergroup attitudes in the first chapter,what factor was NOT cited as a determinant of negative attitudes toward other groups?

A) competition
B) social deprivation
C) influence of important others
D) in-group-out-group bias

Imagine a neighbourhood in which a hurricane has caused extensive flooding. Many of the residents have had their homes damaged or destroyed. At the time, however, the material loss is unimportant as the residents think only of escaping the flood. Maslow would say this is because the residents' ____ needs are threatened.

A) physiological
B) safety and security
C) esteem
D) self-actualisation