Question 1

What does social identity theory suggest about teamwork?

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A)   Teamwork and efficiency are at their best when tasks are repetitive and boring.
B)   Teamwork is most efficient when there is little or no recognition of individual effort.
C)   The most efficient teams are made up of members with a strong shared social identity.
D)   The most efficient teams are made up of primary group members.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 2

Leaders whose personal styles make them more task oriented or goal oriented and less concerned with people's feelings are called ________ leaders.

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A)   expressive
B)   charismatic
C)   traditional
D)   instrumentalE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 3

Only 25 percent of subjects in the Asch experiment were "independents" who refused to

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A)   give the wrong answer.
B)   inhabit the role of "guard."
C)   obey authorities asking them to shock participants.
D)   inhabit the role of "prisoner."E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 4

In 1978,cult-leader Jim Jones forced more than 900 of his followers to drink poisoned Flavor Aid,leading to their deaths.In the run-up to this event,Jones had strictly enforced discipline,mocked and ridiculed anyone who expressed doubts,and even had doubters sedated.This extreme effort to enforce conformity is an example of

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A)   the expressive self.
B)   bureaucracy.
C)   peer pressure.
D)   an out-group.E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 5

Which of the following is a quality of charismatic leaders?

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A)   They inherit their positions of power.
B)   Their personal qualities don't really matter.
C)   They can't be replaced by legal proceedings.
D)   They possess extraordinary personal qualities.E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 6

What type of group provides most of our emotional satisfaction?

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A)   secondary
B)   reference
C)   out-group
D)   primaryE) B) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 7

A college professor has a large collection of controversial counterculture T-shirts but makes sure to never wear these shirts to class.What is this kind of conformity called?

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A)   identification
B)   compliance
C)   internalization
D)   groupthinkE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 8

Why do people follow prescriptions and proscriptions?

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We follow prescriptions,doing the things...

Question 9

Social networks can influence people through contagion.What does that mean?

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A)   Connections that lead to disease or infection are called contagion according to sociologists.
B)   Social networks are contagious given that they tend to mimic each other over the long run.
C)   This borrows from a biological model, in that people who are weak are likely to "catch" the influence of their social network.
D)   People who are connected to social networks are more likely to be affected by them.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 10

How do fast-food restaurants rationalize the process of providing food to customers according to Robin Leidner in Fast Food,Fast Talk?

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A)   They ask employees to always use customers' first names.
B)   They tailor each workstation to an employee's unique personal qualities.
C)   They focus on giving each customer a unique eating experience.
D)   They developed standardized scripts for employees to use when dealing with customers.E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 11

What do sociologists call it when members of groups are influenced by other members?

Accepted Answer

A)   internalization
B)   commodification
C)   peer pressure
D)   rationalizationE) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 12

How does the size of a group affect how it operates and the sorts of relationships that are possible within it?

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The smaller the group is,the more likely...

Question 13

Using the example of virtual communities,explain the criticism of Robert Putnam's concern about the decline of participation in bowling leagues and what that means for U.S.society.

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Putnam's concerns hinge on Americans' de...

Question 14

The mother of a university student encourages her son to join a fraternity.She hopes that peer pressure and groupthink may lead her son to do things he hasn't tried before,such as volunteering and attending formal events.What perspective best describes her views?

Accepted Answer

A)   symbolic interactionism
B)   coercive power
C)   structural functionalism
D)   conflict theoryE) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 15

In one nation's campaign to improve public health in rural areas,one key challenge was to convince isolated villagers to boil their drinking water in order to kill parasites.The only families who adopted the practice were not well integrated into the village and had few connections to their neighbors.What does this example demonstrate?

Accepted Answer

A)   There is a need for more virtual communities around the world.
B)   Social ties don't just connect us to others but also influence our behavior.
C)   Attempts at modernization largely fail without modern technology.
D)   Globalization leads to the McDonaldization of society.E) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 16

All left-handed people in the United States would be classified as a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)   category.
B)   crowd.
C)   aggregate.
D)   group.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 17

Which of the following authority figures still derives legitimacy from traditional sources?

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A)   a landlord
B)   a parent
C)   a mayor
D)   a traffic copE) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 18

What are group members engaging in when they withhold their reservations and criticisms for the sake of consensus?

Accepted Answer

A)   group solidarity
B)   laissez-faire decision making
C)   groupthink
D)   expressive leadershipE) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 19

Although individuals always feel loyalty toward their in-group,under what circumstances would this loyalty be particularly strong?

Accepted Answer

A)   when the in-group is particularly large
B)   when the individual has belonged to the in-group for a short time
C)   when the out-group is from another city than the in-group
D)   when the differences between the in-group and the out-group are sharply definedE) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 20

Robert Merton suggested that some white Americans who praise Abraham Lincoln for being frugal and thrifty might describe an Asian American with the same qualities as being stingy and penny pinching.What explains this double standard?

Accepted Answer

A)   Standards of behavior considered appropriate in Lincoln's time are now looked down upon because of historical change.
B)   Lincoln was miserly, but he is remembered differently because American textbooks are not permitted to say negative things about presidents.
C)   Lincoln was a truly remarkable individual who acted in these ways for selfless reasons, something everyday people can't hope to do.
D)   For these white Americans, Lincoln was a member of their racial in-group, whereas an Asian American would be a member of an out-group.E) B) and D)
F) A) and C)

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Robert Merton suggested that some white Americans who praise Abraham Lincoln for being frugal and thrifty might describe an Asian American with the same qualities as being stingy and penny pinching.What explains this double standard?

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Social networks can influence people through contagion.What does that mean?

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