Chapter 8: Leadership

Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1. Which of the following best describes a key task for social justice leadership in identity groups?

a. helping members formulate new identities to fill social roles

b. shaping individual members’ identities to help them avoid conflict

c. working toward the formation of a uniform group identity

d. drawing attention to identity differences that shape experiences of marginalization

Cognitive Domain: comprehension

Answer Location: Leadership

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. Which of the following best describes a key task for social justice leadership in task/ work groups?

a. moving members toward contributions which reflect the same amount and type of effort

b. managing perceptions of differences in group member contributions

c. identifying and nurturing members with strong leadership skills

d. ensuring that all members contribute toward critical tasks

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Leadership

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. In regards to group leaders, social justice work suggests that it is important to ______.

a. address the fact that members may have particular reactions to the social status of the leader

b. ensure that leaders occupy the same social status as members

c. facilitate opportunities for members to gain social status trough group participation

d. ensure that leaders are not known to members prior to beginning the group

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Leadership

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. ______ leadership focuses on status changes and supports social justice work by being non-complicit with oppressive social structures.

a. Shared

b. Transformational

c. Reciprocal

d. Transactional

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Social Justice Leadership Processes

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. The provider function of a group leader is most associated with assisting ______.

a. the group to provide needed community services

b. members to build their skills for engaging in social action

c. members to obtain necessary resources to meet their physical needs

d. the group to develop relationships and norms that help facilitate its tasks

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Social Justice Leadership Processes

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. ______ is the ability of group leaders to draw from social justice lessons learned within the group in order to help the group meet its goals.

a. Critical analysis

b. Shared leadership

c. Safety monitoring

d. Praxis

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Praxis

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. The acronym STITCHES represent values that connect members toward a shared ______ .

a. experience of oppression

b. social status within the group

c. social justice vision

d. notion of diversity

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Social Justice Visioning

Difficulty Level: Medium

8. ______ is a key way in which group leaders employ critical analysis in their work.

a. Praxis

b. Social justice visioning

c. Tolerance

d. Safety monitoring during conflict

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Safety Monitoring During Conflict

Difficulty Level: Medium

9. According to the text, which of the following is a step in safety monitoring?

a. acknowledge the inability of the leader to keep members safe

b. suppress discussion of conflictual topics

c. acknowledge differences and their ability to be observed

d. encourage the full expression of all feelings without intervention

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Safety Monitoring During Conflict

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. According to the text, social justice leadership should ideally encourage conditions that support ______ followers.

a. active

b. passive

c. interdependent

d. critical

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Leadership and Following

Difficulty Level: Medium

True/False

1. Leadership is a static quality.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Leadership

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. Gender and racial identities of leaders influence the ways that members perceive them.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Leadership

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Reciprocal leadership supports social justice work through its focus on mutuality.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Social Justice Leadership Processes

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. Safety monitoring aims to suppress expression of anger or frustration to ensure that all members feel physically and emotionally safe.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Safety Monitoring During Conflict

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. The development of a response network is an example of one form of safety monitoring.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Safety Monitoring During Conflict

Difficulty Level: Medium