Midterm on Chapters 1 & 2

Quarter-term Test on Ch 1 through Ch 2 (10 questions)

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 Ch 1: Good Returns - The Dangers and Rewards of Giving More Than You Get

Ch 2: The Peacock and the Panda - How Givers, Takers, and Matchers Build Networks

 

1. Fill in the blanks: To succeed, Adam says “we need a combination of hard work, talent, luck, and a fourth ingredient, which is how we approach our ________ with other people…We have a choice to make: do we try to claim as much value as we can, or contribute value without worrying about what we receive in return?” 

 

2. Two-part multiple choice:

(   ) tend to dominate the bottom of the success ladder.

(   ) tend to dominate the top of the success ladder.   

A. Takers    B. Givers     C: Matchers 

 

3. Multiple choice: What do successful givers excel in? (   )

A.  Withholding help when they’re stressed

B. Asking for help when they need it

C. Avoiding takers when they are aggressive

 

4. True or False:

(   ) – Choose giving as the primary reciprocity style ends up reaping the rewards both short-term and long-term even in zero-sum situations

 

5. Multiple choice: In Chapter 1, which one of the following is NOT explicitly stated as a reason for the giver’s professional success long-term? (   )

A. Established reputations

B. Established relationships

C. Increasing dependence on teamwork

D. More opportunities in the service sector

E. Increased competition in the workplace 

 

6.  Fill in the blanks: Why do we punish takers for being unfair? It’s about _______.

 

7. Multiple choice: Which one of the following is NOT an explicit sign of lekking (i.e., lekking refers to a ritual in which males show off their desirability as mates) in the CEO kingdom?

A. More likely to use first-person singular pronouns (like I, me, mine, my, and myself)

B. Far greater compensation than other senior executives in their companies

C. The big size of the CEOs’ photos in the annual report

D. Spreading of reputational information in social media

 

8. Multiple choice: In Chapter 2, which one is NOT cited as a reason for the giver’s success in the long run? (   )

A. Activation of weak ties (i.e., our acquaintances or the people we know casually)

B. Belief in pronoia (i.e., the opposite of paranoia, which is "the delusional belief that other people are plotting your well-being, or saying nice things about you behind your back)

C. Takers’ learning to act like matchers toward givers who act generously toward others

D. Matchers’ going out of their way to reward givers who act generously toward others

 

9. Multiple Choice: Why does the advice from the dormant ties contribute more value than the advice from the current ties? (  )

A. They tend to provide more novel information

B. Due to mutual trust established years ago

C. Because reconnecting is a totally different experience for givers

 

10. Fill in the blanks: “You should be willing to do something that will take you _____ or less for anybody” (by Adam Rifkin, an ultimate giver)

 

Giving can be contagious. When the groups included one consistent giver, the other members contributed more. The goal of the group is to instill the value of giving: you don’t have to be transactional about it, and you don’t have to trade it.

Quarter-term Challenge: “In what specific ways can you become a more consistent giver to a specific group of people you interact regularly with?