Exam 5: Separate and Together: Life in Groups

A nightclub has several types of employees,each with a specialized task.Bartenders make drinks,bouncers check identification,bussers clear away used glasses,and so on.A shift supervisor is in charge,and a manager is in charge of the shift supervisor.At work the employees check the bulletin board,where their boss posts memos explaining changes in the rules.The bouncers are the most popular employees,because they usually let their friends in for free,even if their friends don't have ID.In many ways,the club is a bureaucracy,but there is at least one significant element of bureaucratic organization missing.What is it?

What is the Twenty Statements Test,why was it developed,and what does it analyze?

What does social identity theory suggest about teamwork?

A high school decides that its band needs to wear uniforms.To be more efficient,the school only buys uniforms in three sizes and forces students to pick the size that comes closest to fitting.What does this exemplify?

Google has implemented employment policies like increasing the use of women interviewers for female job applicants and expanding maternity leave from three months to five in order to hire and retain more female employees.Which characteristic of bureaucracy is Google attempting to address with these changes?

What is groupthink and how does it work? Provide an example from the textbook.

If a person belongs to a group in which the members are mostly anonymous to one another,that group is almost certainly a:

What is social loafing? How could it affect a group of college students who are working on a group presentation? What would be some possible solutions for preventing this problem?

How have social networking websites affected people's relationships with one another?

What are the three different types of authority identified by Max Weber? Explain the premise of each.

The textbook cites the example of a DUI offender who attends AA meetings in accordance with a court order but is doing so to avoid a jail sentence or hefty fine,not because he believes it truly matters.What do sociologists call this kind of conformity?

Describe the three types of conformity that can result from peer pressure.

Unlike Asch's experiment,which yielded different results when other researchers tried to replicate it decades later,a recent replication of Milgram's experiment had virtually the same results.What important implications does Milgram's research have for contemporary society?

What was the Asch experiment measuring?

Have you ever grumbled because your instructor assigned group work? One of the biggest problems associated with group assignments is that one person often ends up doing most of the work while others take it easy.This is called:

Which of the following strategies could be used as a way to minimize social loafing?

Which of the following is an example of bureaucratic organization at colleges and universities?

How do sociologists distinguish a group from a crowd?

If group members share information and advice,provide support to one another,and have common interests but never meet in person,what kind of group are they a part of?

What important role did Émile Durkheim suggest that social groups perform for individuals?