Exam 5: Societies to Social Networks

What did Stanley Milgram's teacher-learner experiment demonstrate?

Jane, Mark, Courtney, and Kelly are enrolled in the 8:00 a.m. sociology course at their college. After studying together for the first test, they started sitting together in class and chose to work together on group projects. During spring break, they decided to go on a trip as a group. These four students would be considered members of a(n)________.

Because in-groups are an essential part of society, they have virtually no negative consequences.

Stanley Milgram's small world experiment came to the remarkable conclusion that people in the United States are linked to all other people in the country through chains of relationships that are, on average, only six links long. How does social structure influence how many people someone is effectively connected to and the number of links that may be necessary to establish a network contact?

As demonstrated by Darley and Latané's classic laboratory experiment, social experiments on the diffusion of responsibility have been just as reliable as observations made by your author in the real world.

What is the relationship between group size, intimacy, and stability?

According to Georg Simmel, which of the following groups is the most unstable?

Which phrase became synonymous with the research Stanley Milgram conducted on "the small world phenomenon"?

A phenomenon of group dynamics that results in a decrease in one's willingness to help others as the size of the group increases is referred to as ________.

How did recent internet studies on social networking compare to Milgram's 1967 conclusions?

The advent of the biotech society can be traced to the invention of the microchip in 1953.

In hunting and gathering societies, men routinely contributed the most food to the group.

In which group would diffusion of responsibility be the greatest concern?

Why don't aggregates and categories qualify as social groups?

Who conducted the classic experiment addressing the power of peer pressure that included six stooges and one actual test subject viewing cards with lines of varying length?

No single type of leadership is inherently best, as situations change and different types of leaders are needed.

When experiencing groupthink, people take on a collective tunnel vision and are convinced there is only one right viewpoint with a single course of action.

The plow was to the second social revolution as the ________ was to the third social revolution.

What was the most obvious result of social inequality as some families and clans acquired more goods and wealth than others?

The ________ is to the postindustrial society as the ________ is to the emerging biotech society.