Exam 6: Networks, groups, bureaucracies and Societies

Which of the following groups is characterized by weak emotional bonds and a narrow range of activities?

What do we call secondary groups that are formed in order to achieve certain,specific objectives?

Which type of society first brought widespread social inequality with it?

According to Stouffer's classic 1949 study of soldiers in World War II,what was the principal motivator in compelling Allied soldiers to take part in combat?

What are functionalist theorists liable to overlook regarding group conformity?

Which sociologist pioneered work on social relationships such as dyads and triads?

The most elementary social network is a triad.

In the 1970s,Japanese workers were in a position to demand and achieve more decision-making authority than American workers were.

At the large organization where Josh works,the client base has changed dramatically because more immigrants have moved into the area over the years and their needs differ from the Canadian-born people who used to access services there.What criticism against bureaucracies is relevant in this case?

What is the focus of the conflict theory approach to group conformity?

Explain what a social category is.

How can those who helped to save the lives of prisoners during the Holocaust be best described,compared to those who either actively participated in the killings or who pretended not to know what was happening?

The managers in the large organization that Josh works for have all employees fill out so many forms and run them around for signatures to all managers that Josh and his co-workers have little time left each day to serve clients' needs as they were hired to do.What criticism against bureaucracies is relevant in this case?

Explain how in-groups and out-groups differ.

What is the world's youngest self-made billionaire known for?

Describe the main characteristics of a dyad using an example.

Citizens in Liverpool,England,failed to come to the aid of two-year-old James Bulger when he was being tortured and murdered.This is known as the "frozen response syndrome."

Darius feels a strong affinity to his alma mater,the university he used to attend before he got his degree.For Darius,what type of group are people who attended his university in this situation?

According to the textbook,what type of formal organization is the most widespread and influential?

According to the textbook,what is the only safeguard against the worst aspects of a genetically engineered world?