Question 1

Most Americans are self-employed.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

When employees are given time to work on projects of their own choosing, they slack off and produce nothing.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

Alienation is a pervasive sense of powerlessness, meaninglessness, normlessness, isolation, and self-estrangement.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

Size, face-to-face contact, and the development of group bonds are factors affecting the likelihood that primary groups will arise.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The concept of relative deprivation suggests that we tend to be discontented when we experience a gap between what we have and what we believe we should have.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Instrumental ties tend to dominate secondary groups.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

__________ strip participants of old roles and identities through the use of mortification and degradation.

Accepted Answer

A)  Voluntary organizations 
B)  Total institutions 
C)  Utilitarian organizations 
D)  Emotional-expressive organizations 
A)  Voluntary organizations 
B)  Total institutions 
C)  Utilitarian organizations 
D)  Emotional-expressive organizations

Question 8

Compared to larger groups, dyads tend to be

Accepted Answer

A)  less prevalent. 
B)  more emotionally strained. 
C)  less fragile. 
D)  more apathetic. 
A)  less prevalent. 
B)  more emotionally strained. 
C)  less fragile. 
D)  more apathetic.

Question 9

Social loafing refers to the tendency of people to work harder

Accepted Answer

A)  in occupational groups than in social groups. 
B)  individually than in groups. 
C)  in groups than they do individually. 
D)  when they know that someone is watching. 
A)  in occupational groups than in social groups. 
B)  individually than in groups. 
C)  in groups than they do individually. 
D)  when they know that someone is watching.

Question 10

People tend to attribute their own choices to rational deliberation and those of others to

Accepted Answer

A)  spontaneity. 
B)  poor logic. 
C)  conformity. 
D)  illusion. 
A)  spontaneity. 
B)  poor logic. 
C)  conformity. 
D)  illusion.

Question 11

"Social dilemmas" represent situations of conflict between

Accepted Answer

A)  maximizing personal interests and maximizing collective welfare. 
B)  maximizing primary interests and maximizing secondary interests. 
C)  maximizing in-group interests and maximizing out-group interests. 
D)  maximizing personal interests and minimizing collective welfare. 
A)  maximizing personal interests and maximizing collective welfare. 
B)  maximizing primary interests and maximizing secondary interests. 
C)  maximizing in-group interests and maximizing out-group interests. 
D)  maximizing personal interests and minimizing collective welfare.

Question 12

When people are inducted into a total institution, they are often deprived of personal items such as clothing in order to make them vulnerable to the control of the institution, a process called

Accepted Answer

A)  mortification. 
B)  degradation. 
C)  initiation. 
D)  bureaucratization. 
A)  mortification. 
B)  degradation. 
C)  initiation. 
D)  bureaucratization.

Question 13

Researchers have found that the simplest and most effective strategy for playing the prisoner's dilemma game is called

Accepted Answer

A)  forgiveness. 
B)  confession. 
C)  tit for tat. 
D)  competition. 
A)  forgiveness. 
B)  confession. 
C)  tit for tat. 
D)  competition.

Question 14

On college campuses, hiking and biking groups, service organizations, and intramural sports teams are prime examples of

Accepted Answer

A)  utilitarian organizations. 
B)  mortification organizations. 
C)  coercive organizations. 
D)  voluntary organizations. 
A)  utilitarian organizations. 
B)  mortification organizations. 
C)  coercive organizations. 
D)  voluntary organizations.

Question 15

The old saying that "many hands make light the work" turns out to be true; each person in a group tends to do less work than if he or she were alone.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Two types of leadership roles tend to evolve in small groups: the instrumental leader and the expressive leader.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Which of the following is true about reference groups?

Accepted Answer

A)  There are only positive reference groups. 
B)  There are only negative reference groups. 
C)  There are both positive and negative reference groups. 
D)  Reference groups are neither positive nor negative. 
A)  There are only positive reference groups. 
B)  There are only negative reference groups. 
C)  There are both positive and negative reference groups. 
D)  Reference groups are neither positive nor negative.

Question 18

Whereas Marx emphasized freedom from social constraint as the source of human happiness, Durkheim stressed that human happiness depends on a society that

Accepted Answer

A)  provides people with rules. 
B)  fights alienation. 
C)  has a socialist economy. 
D)  lacks a political core. 
A)  provides people with rules. 
B)  fights alienation. 
C)  has a socialist economy. 
D)  lacks a political core.

Question 19

Primary groups are fundamental to us as individuals and society at large because they

Accepted Answer

A)  have little to do with the socialization process. 
B)  play a minimal role in the social control of group members. 
C)  provide the settings in which we meet most of our personal needs. 
D)  are the groups that focus on achieving goals. 
A)  have little to do with the socialization process. 
B)  play a minimal role in the social control of group members. 
C)  provide the settings in which we meet most of our personal needs. 
D)  are the groups that focus on achieving goals.

Question 20

The Kennedy administration's Bay of Pigs invasion illustrates Parkinson's Law.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Most Americans are self-employed.

When employees are given time to work on projects of their own choosing, they slack off and produce nothing.

Alienation is a pervasive sense of powerlessness, meaninglessness, normlessness, isolation, and self-estrangement.

Size, face-to-face contact, and the development of group bonds are factors affecting the likelihood that primary groups will arise.

The concept of relative deprivation suggests that we tend to be discontented when we experience a gap between what we have and what we believe we should have.

Instrumental ties tend to dominate secondary groups.

__________ strip participants of old roles and identities through the use of mortification and degradation.

Compared to larger groups, dyads tend to be

Social loafing refers to the tendency of people to work harder

People tend to attribute their own choices to rational deliberation and those of others to

"Social dilemmas" represent situations of conflict between

When people are inducted into a total institution, they are often deprived of personal items such as clothing in order to make them vulnerable to the control of the institution, a process called

Researchers have found that the simplest and most effective strategy for playing the prisoner's dilemma game is called

On college campuses, hiking and biking groups, service organizations, and intramural sports teams are prime examples of

The old saying that "many hands make light the work" turns out to be true; each person in a group tends to do less work than if he or she were alone.

Two types of leadership roles tend to evolve in small groups: the instrumental leader and the expressive leader.

Which of the following is true about reference groups?

Whereas Marx emphasized freedom from social constraint as the source of human happiness, Durkheim stressed that human happiness depends on a society that

Primary groups are fundamental to us as individuals and society at large because they

The Kennedy administration's Bay of Pigs invasion illustrates Parkinson's Law.

Developinga Sociological Consciousness

Culture and Social Structure

Socialization

Deviance and Crime

Social Stratification

Inequalities of Race and Ethnicity

Gender Inequality

Political and Economic Power

The Family

Religion,education,and Medicine

Population and Environment

Social Change

Filters

Exam 4: Social Groups and Format Organizations

Most Americans are self-employed.

When employees are given time to work on projects of their own choosing, they slack off and produce nothing.

Alienation is a pervasive sense of powerlessness, meaninglessness, normlessness, isolation, and self-estrangement.

Size, face-to-face contact, and the development of group bonds are factors affecting the likelihood that primary groups will arise.

The concept of relative deprivation suggests that we tend to be discontented when we experience a gap between what we have and what we believe we should have.

Instrumental ties tend to dominate secondary groups.

__________ strip participants of old roles and identities through the use of mortification and degradation.

Compared to larger groups, dyads tend to be

Social loafing refers to the tendency of people to work harder

People tend to attribute their own choices to rational deliberation and those of others to

"Social dilemmas" represent situations of conflict between

When people are inducted into a total institution, they are often deprived of personal items such as clothing in order to make them vulnerable to the control of the institution, a process called

Researchers have found that the simplest and most effective strategy for playing the prisoner's dilemma game is called

On college campuses, hiking and biking groups, service organizations, and intramural sports teams are prime examples of

The old saying that "many hands make light the work" turns out to be true; each person in a group tends to do less work than if he or she were alone.

Two types of leadership roles tend to evolve in small groups: the instrumental leader and the expressive leader.

Which of the following is true about reference groups?

Whereas Marx emphasized freedom from social constraint as the source of human happiness, Durkheim stressed that human happiness depends on a society that

Primary groups are fundamental to us as individuals and society at large because they

The Kennedy administration's Bay of Pigs invasion illustrates Parkinson's Law.

Developinga Sociological Consciousness

Culture and Social Structure

Socialization

Deviance and Crime

Social Stratification

Inequalities of Race and Ethnicity

Gender Inequality

Political and Economic Power

The Family

Religion,education,and Medicine

Population and Environment

Social Change

Filters