Exam 5: Groups and Organizations.

Discuss ingroups, outgroups, and "members only" clubs The following are suggested areas for students to address in the essay:

Differentiate between primary and secondary groups and explain how people's relationships differ in each.

__________ leadership provides emotional support for members.

We voluntarily join __________ organizations when we want to pursue some common interest or gain personal satisfaction or prestige from being a member.

The supervisor of the office has been informed that Sarah consistently extends her lunch hour by 30 minutes. He chooses to take a passive approach to this problem hoping that it will fix itself. This particular supervisor is exhibiting which style of leadership?

Applying sociologist Max Weber's perspectives in developing an ideal type for bureaucracy in higher education, you would need to include the relationships among the governing bodies, administrators, faculty, staff, and students. You would also have to include the rules and policies that govern the school's activities (such as admissions criteria, grading policies, and graduation requirements).

In relation to obedience to authority, summarize Stanley Milgram's research.

Race/ethnicity (the physical and cultural characteristics) is the most significant predictor of whether a person will participate in mainstream normative organizations.

In a(n) __________, which is a group composed of two members, the active participation of both members is crucial for the group's survival. If one member withdraws from interaction, the group ceases to exist.

A college president need not be effective in designing promotional brochures. A corporate executive need not be able to program the department's computer system. These are examples of __________ in a bureaucratic organization.

Provide definitions for ingroup, outgroup, and reference group and describe the significance of these concepts in everyday life.

Larger groups typically have more formalized leadership structure. Their leaders are expected to perform a variety of roles, some related to the internal workings of the group and others related to external relationships with other groups.

Sociologist Georg Simmel suggested that small groups have distinctive interaction patterns that do not exist in larger groups. A coalition is an alliance created in a dyad in an attempt to reach a shared objective or goal.

We have primary relationships with other individuals in our primary groups-that is, with our __________, who frequently serve as role models.

From a __________ perspective, if groups exist to meet the instrumental and expressive needs of their members, then leaders are responsible for helping the group meet those needs.

In discussing primary and secondary groups, the text points out that:

Almost __________ of Stanley Milgram's research subjects went all the way to what could have been a deadly jolt of electricity if the shock generator had been real.

A therapist tells a couple undergoing a marital dispute that she will not tell them what to do, that the couple has to work out an agreement between themselves. The therapist is using what kind of leadership style?

Three major styles of leadership exist in groups. Which of the following is not one of them?

What is the term used by sociologists to describe the awareness that individuals may have when they believe that they share commonalities with certain others?