Exam 6: Networks, groups, bureaucracies and Societies

Solange wanted to see how many people it would take to hand-deliver a package from Vancouver,British Columbia,to her aunt in St.John's,Newfoundland.What should she make use of to make this happen?

How do in-group and out-group dynamics operate in high schools? Use examples from your own experience.

How many dyadic relationships are possible between three individuals?

Max Weber found that as social distance increases,obedience to authority increases.

David runs a coffee shop with six employees.He more or less allows these employees to do what they want,when they want,while he is off snowboarding and skiing in various parts of the world.What is David's leadership style called?

Marilyn has worked at the RCMP office for 23 years as an exhibits clerk.She has seen most of the police officers over the years as they come in to sign out their exhibits for court.What type of social group are Marilyn and the police officers?

What happens when "people who have information lack authority and people who have authority lack information"?

At each successive stage of human social evolution,what tends to happen to the human-nature relationship?

Owen is in charge of the trauma response team at a large university hospital.His job is to manage large-scale medical emergencies when they occur. He often yells orders at medical staff,and anyone who challenges him during an emergency is suspended.What is his leadership style called?

Beginning in the 1970s,which two countries developed bureaucratic innovations that enhanced productivity,morale,and profits?

Describe what norms of solidarity are.

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

Primary groups develop more pressure to conform than secondary groups.

The pressure to conform despite individual misgivings is sometimes called groupthink.

Who is the world's youngest self-made billionaire?

According to the textbook,which of the following inventions marks the shift to the most recent era in global societies?

Rennae agrees to take part in an experiment in the Psychology Department at her university.However,when she is asked to engage in behaviour that she believes would be harmful to another person in the study,she refuses.Whose research is she likely familiar with that made her resistant to complying with the demands of the research?

According to Weber,what fact counters most people's commonsense notions about bureaucracies?

Using an example,explain what a reference group is.

A white professor in a largely white university classroom states that the Jewish Holocaust did not happen and was largely made up by Jews as part of their plan to gain sympathy and take over the world.According to the textbook,what is most likely to happen if one student overtly challenges the professor's views in class?