Exam 21: Networks, Groups, Bureaucracies, and Societies

After losing the soccer game, the girls' team ran through the streets vandalizing cars and store windows. According to the text, why would the team captain insist that all of the girls participate?

Explain the notion of six degrees of separation.

What basic tool of production fuelled agriculture?

Explain the phenomenon of bystander apathy, and describe what sociologists have said accounts for it.

Which of the following is NOT true in reference to group conformity?

Leila had to decide whether to marry Jamal or not. She decided that she didn't want to be alone for the rest of her life and since she was approaching 40 (when everyone knows it is more unlikely to find a mate), she agreed to the marriage. In this situation, what was the source of the pressure to marry?

The president of the company was frustrated that his directive to hire 100 new employees had not been carried out. He discovered that the hiring practices involved three interviews and a formal vetting process, designed to ensure that the best person was hired for each position. What was inhibiting the growth of the company's workforce?

What term describes a group that establishes boundaries to separate itself from others?

In bureaucracies, information may be lost, blocked, or distorted as it moves up the hierarchy.

Juan said to Hector, "You can't quit your job because then Carlos will have to support us both. It doesn't matter if your boss is mean; it wouldn't be fair to Carlos." What kind of relationship is demonstrated in this conversation?

We live in a shrinking world because our social networks tend to be local and isolated.

Which form of human society has been most prevalent throughout the existence of humankind?

If the work you are doing is taking care of the elderly in a nursing home, and your occupation is a Licensed Practical Nurse, what kind of society do you live in?

Daniel needed to see a famous doctor quickly, but no one he knew had any connections to the doctor. At least, that was the case until he realized that he had an acquaintance who had a similar illness and who had seen the same doctor. Daniel contacted the acquaintance, who was able to help him. According to Granovetter, which of the following phenomenon does this demonstrate?

Less than 10 percent of Poland's Jews survived World War II.

With pastoral and horticultural production came accompanying social changes. What were these changes?

Every year Canada's Auditor General files a report to parliament describing the waste of millions of dollars in government bureaucracies. Each report is almost a photocopy of the previous year's report. This waste by the government captures which aspect of bureaucracy?

A president of a large corporation sends out an email to initiate some corporate cultural change, but after six months is frustrated with the lack of results. Why might this be the case?

Based on what you've read in the text, if you had the opportunity to run a large bureaucratically structured corporation for a day, what changes would you make in order to overcome bureaucratic inefficiency?

A president of a large corporation sends out a memo to initiate some corporate cultural change, but after six months is frustrated with the lack of results. Why might this be the case?