Exam 4: Social Groups and Format Organizations

For Karl Marx, _______ is the most important activity of human beings.

For Durkheim, alienation results from

Garrett J. Hardin's social dilemma, called the tragedy of the commons, illustrates

Karl Marx saw alienation as rooted in

Among American companies, most employee participation programs have

Max Weber developed a description of bureaucracy as an ideal type.

Groupthink is a decision-making process in which group members share an illusion of invulnerability that leads to overconfidence and a tendency to ignore contrary evidence.

The Tajfel experiments are now referred to as the __________ paradigm.

Contrary to popular opinion, researchers found that authoritarian leadership tends to produce only low levels of frustration and hostile feelings.

According to the text's discussion of group interactions and people's driving behavior,

A decision-making process in which group members become so preoccupied with maintaining consensus that their ability to think critically is impaired is called

As groups become larger,

One expression of alienation is __________ - a sense of boredom, apathy, reduced efficiency, fatigue, frustration, and despondency.

Recent studies confirm that democratic leadership always yields better results than authoritarian leadership.

A group consists of two or more people who share a feeling of unity but who do not necessarily ever interact.

Groups in which the relationships are primarily impersonal and instrumental are

Bureaucracies

__________ are more likely to find "intruders," "outsiders," or "mediators."

Surveys reveal that individuals who show the greatest satisfaction with their work are

Erving Goffman defined _________ as places of residence where individuals are isolated from the rest of society for a significant amount of time and where behavior is tightly controlled.