Exam 6: Networks, Groups, Bureaucracies, and Societies

Lewis is web surfing when he gets an idea to look up as many people who share his birthday as possible. What do Lewis and these people form?

In the Glen Ridge rape case, which community value was betrayed by Charles Figueroa?

Norm is a university student who works during the summer at the pulp mill in his hometown. During his first week, he discovered that he could take twice as many samples from the wood chip trucks as he was required to. However, when he brought this fact up at a meeting, he was warned not to do this. The regular employees said it would jeopardize them in their work for the whole year. Which of the Hawthorne research findings does Norm's experience demonstrate?

How can study of social networks supplement study of organizations?

Which of the following factors increases the likelihood of group conformity?

Which of the following is a common feature of most networks?

According to recent research, what is the effect of online networks on social relations?

According to the textbook, which of the following do sociologists consider to be essential to group cohesion?

How might the concept of a reference group help prepare people to successfully fulfill their career plans?

People who share a similar status but are not aware of any shared identity are defined as which of the following?

During World War II, German in-group boundaries included defining out-group membership as any person who had a Jewish grandparent. What effect did this have on German society?

Which of the following groups of people is least likely to express dissenting views in front of one another?

Morgana runs a sociology department where she calls informal weekly coffee meetings between the monthly department meetings so that people can keep her apprised of what is happening and so that she can solicit feedback about annual departmental initiatives. What is her leadership style called?

How can those who helped to save the lives of prisoners during the Holocaust be best described, compared to those who either actively participated in the killings or who pretended not to know what was happening?

Studies of bystander apathy suggest that, in general, as the number of bystanders increases the likelihood of any one bystander helping another increases.

In which of the following groups are members emotionally involved with one another over an extended period of time and engage in a broad range of activities together?

According to Kanter's research on women in organizations during the 1970s, what held women back from entering the top echelons of most organizations?

What do "quality circles" help to overcome?

What does the informal side of bureaucracy consist of?

According to the textbook, what percentage of the 3.3 million Polish Jews survived World War II?