Question 1

Which of the following might help solve, or at least alleviate, the problem of social loafing?

Accepted Answer

A)  assigning more group members to a project 
B)  giving names to teams and T-shirts to their members 
C)  randomly assigning members to teams 
D)  making sure dissent is never welcome and tolerated 
E)  giving teams different assignments and goals 
A)  assigning more group members to a project 
B)  giving names to teams and T-shirts to their members 
C)  randomly assigning members to teams 
D)  making sure dissent is never welcome and tolerated 
E)  giving teams different assignments and goals

Question 2

Which of the following is a characteristic of a bureaucracy?

Accepted Answer

A)  formal organization 
B)  a division of labor 
C)  written rules 
D)  all of the above 
E)  none of the above 
A)  formal organization 
B)  a division of labor 
C)  written rules 
D)  all of the above 
E)  none of the above

Question 3

According to Robin Leidner in Fast Food, Fast Talk, what have fast food restaurants done in order to rationalize the process of providing food to customers?

Accepted Answer

A)  asked employees to always use customers' first names 
B)  tailored each work station to an employee's unique personal qualities 
C)  focused on giving each customer a unique eating experience 
D)  developed standardized scripts for employees to use when dealing with customers 
E)  asked employees to customize their attire 
A)  asked employees to always use customers' first names 
B)  tailored each work station to an employee's unique personal qualities 
C)  focused on giving each customer a unique eating experience 
D)  developed standardized scripts for employees to use when dealing with customers 
E)  asked employees to customize their attire

Question 4

Imagine that one of your professors has a large collection of offensive T-shirts, including one that reads, "I scream, you scream, we all scream for heroin." The professor makes sure to never wear this shirt to class, though, because she hopes to gain the rewards of continued employment and avoid being yelled at by her boss. What is this kind of conformity called?

Accepted Answer

A)  identification 
B)  compliance 
C)  internalization 
D)  groupthink 
E)  peer pressure 
A)  identification 
B)  compliance 
C)  internalization 
D)  groupthink 
E)  peer pressure

Question 5

In 2007 the rock band Nine Inch Nails announced that it had severed all ties with the record industry. The front man, Trent Reznor, announced that "Nine Inch Nails is now totally a free agent" and that it was a "great pleasure to be able to finally have a direct relationship with the audience as I see fit." The band went on to release a free album on the Internet and encouraged web surfers to "remix it, share it with your friends, post it on your blog, play it on your podcast, give it to strangers, etc." In what ways can the band's actions be understood as a reaction to the negative aspects of bureaucracy?

Accepted Answer

There are several ways this question mig

Question 6

Secondary groups cannot be geographically dispersed.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Which of the following statements would be most convincing to a sociologist if you were trying to explain the shift from A- and B-mode responses to C-mode responses on the Twenty Statements Test?

Accepted Answer

A)  Americans have become more and more generous over the years, and their answers reflect a desire to give something back. 
B)  People care less about what researchers think about them, so they are more likely to answer honestly, admitting that they've always been selfish. 
C)  The accelerated pace of social change makes it increasingly difficult to think about the self in terms of group membership. 
D)  There was a fundamental shift in individual values and psychology that led to a long-term change in American social structure. 
E)  Increases in religiosity make more and more people want to define themselves in global or universal terms. 
A)  Americans have become more and more generous over the years, and their answers reflect a desire to give something back. 
B)  People care less about what researchers think about them, so they are more likely to answer honestly, admitting that they've always been selfish. 
C)  The accelerated pace of social change makes it increasingly difficult to think about the self in terms of group membership. 
D)  There was a fundamental shift in individual values and psychology that led to a long-term change in American social structure. 
E)  Increases in religiosity make more and more people want to define themselves in global or universal terms.

Question 8

If two people worked together to make the test you are now taking, it would have been produced twice as fast than if it were written by one person.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

A nightclub has several types of employees, each with a specialized task. Bartenders make drinks, bouncers check identification, bussers clear away old 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?

Accepted Answer

A)  specialization 
B)  hierarchy 
C)  formal written communication 
D)  technical competence 
E)  impersonality 
A)  specialization 
B)  hierarchy 
C)  formal written communication 
D)  technical competence 
E)  impersonality

Question 10

Expecting Rain is a website devoted to the life and work of Bob Dylan, and it includes a bulletin board where fans can have conversations with one another about their favorite albums. The website has rules prohibiting illegally copied materials and pornographic or provocative content. What are these rules called?

Accepted Answer

A)  reference groups 
B)  netiquette 
C)  cohesion materials 
D)  virtual communities 
E)  triadic selves 
A)  reference groups 
B)  netiquette 
C)  cohesion materials 
D)  virtual communities 
E)  triadic selves

Question 11

Individuals today are more likely to identify themselves through personal characteristics than through group membership or affiliation. Why is this cause for concern to some sociologists?

Accepted Answer

A)  Individuals who identify themselves through personal characteristics are less likely to try to achieve their goals and advance themselves. 
B)  Individuals who identify themselves through personal characteristics are more likely to blindly follow orders and bow to peer pressure. 
C)  Individuals who identify themselves through personal characteristics are more likely to have large social networks and maintain connections to their communities. 
D)  Individuals who identify themselves through personal characteristics might care less about the common good. 
E)  Individuals who identify themselves through personal characteristics are less likely to contribute to society economically. 
A)  Individuals who identify themselves through personal characteristics are less likely to try to achieve their goals and advance themselves. 
B)  Individuals who identify themselves through personal characteristics are more likely to blindly follow orders and bow to peer pressure. 
C)  Individuals who identify themselves through personal characteristics are more likely to have large social networks and maintain connections to their communities. 
D)  Individuals who identify themselves through personal characteristics might care less about the common good. 
E)  Individuals who identify themselves through personal characteristics are less likely to contribute to society economically.

Question 12

What kind of power is a football coach wielding when he threatens to kick a player off the team unless the player works harder?

Accepted Answer

A)  influential power 
B)  coercive power 
C)  bureaucratic power 
D)  charismatic authority 
E)  reference power 
A)  influential power 
B)  coercive power 
C)  bureaucratic power 
D)  charismatic authority 
E)  reference power

Question 13

Unlike either traditional authority or legal-rational authority, charismatic authority is rooted in:

Accepted Answer

A)  the efficiency and rationality of a particular way of doing things. 
B)  an economic system that focuses on rules and regulations. 
C)  the personal qualities of the leader. 
D)  birthright. 
E)  tradition. 
A)  the efficiency and rationality of a particular way of doing things. 
B)  an economic system that focuses on rules and regulations. 
C)  the personal qualities of the leader. 
D)  birthright. 
E)  tradition.

Question 14

Which of the following is NOT true regarding the nature of bureaucracies?

Accepted Answer

A)  Max Weber thought of them as an "iron cage." 
B)  They are organized in a way that breaks down hierarchies of management so that all members feel a sense of equality with one another. 
C)  They can be so bound up in red tape that their rules impede the purpose of the organization. 
D)  People who work in bureaucracies may feel alienation as a result of being treated in terms of roles, rules, and functions rather than as individuals. 
E)  They have come to dominate modern social life, as predicted by Max Weber. 
A)  Max Weber thought of them as an "iron cage." 
B)  They are organized in a way that breaks down hierarchies of management so that all members feel a sense of equality with one another. 
C)  They can be so bound up in red tape that their rules impede the purpose of the organization. 
D)  People who work in bureaucracies may feel alienation as a result of being treated in terms of roles, rules, and functions rather than as individuals. 
E)  They have come to dominate modern social life, as predicted by Max Weber.

Question 15

What type of group provides most of our emotional satisfaction?

Accepted Answer

A)  secondary groups 
B)  reference groups 
C)  interest groups 
D)  out-groups 
E)  primary groups 
A)  secondary groups 
B)  reference groups 
C)  interest groups 
D)  out-groups 
E)  primary groups

Question 16

According to Chapter 5, actual group productivity can never equal potential productivity. Why not?

Accepted Answer

The text identifies two major sources of

Question 17

Around the third week of a college class, a teacher decides she's had enough, is tired of dealing with bureaucracies, and wants out. So one day, instead of coming to class, she flies to Tahiti and sells souvenirs on the beach. If this happened, the college would simply assign a substitute to finish the course. What does this tell you about the nature of the authority wielded by a professor?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is a legal-rational authority. 
B)  It is ultimately backed by coercion. 
C)  It is rooted in tradition. 
D)  It is primarily supported by persuasion. 
E)  It is based on the personal qualities, or charisma, of the individual professor. 
A)  It is a legal-rational authority. 
B)  It is ultimately backed by coercion. 
C)  It is rooted in tradition. 
D)  It is primarily supported by persuasion. 
E)  It is based on the personal qualities, or charisma, of the individual professor.

Question 18

How do sociologists distinguish a group from a crowd?

Accepted Answer

A)  A group doesn't necessarily share any common attribute. 
B)  A crowd doesn't necessarily feel a shared identity. 
C)  A group doesn't have ongoing social relations. 
D)  Members of a crowd don't interact with one another. 
E)  A group doesn't usually feel a sense of shared identity. 
A)  A group doesn't necessarily share any common attribute. 
B)  A crowd doesn't necessarily feel a shared identity. 
C)  A group doesn't have ongoing social relations. 
D)  Members of a crowd don't interact with one another. 
E)  A group doesn't usually feel a sense of shared identity.

Question 19

Groups we use as standards to evaluate ourselves (either positively, in terms of the positions we aspire to achieve, or negatively, in terms of the positions we wish to avoid) are called:

Accepted Answer

A)  secondary groups. 
B)  reference groups. 
C)  out-groups. 
D)  in-groups. 
E)  networks. 
A)  secondary groups. 
B)  reference groups. 
C)  out-groups. 
D)  in-groups. 
E)  networks.

Question 20

In a Peruvian campaign to improve public health in rural areas, one key challenge was to convince isolated villagers to boil their drinking water in order to kill parasites. In a pilot study, this effort largely failed. Government caseworkers lectured the villagers about germ theory, but villagers associated hot foods with illness and didn't like the taste of boiled water. The only families who adopted the practice were not well integrated into the village and had few connections to their neighbors. What does this demonstrate?

Accepted Answer

A)  that reference groups play an important role in building primary group ties 
B)  that the need for more virtual communities is declining 
C)  that social ties don't just connect us to others, they influence our behavior 
D)  that modernization attempts largely fail without modern technology 
E)  the McDonaldization of society 
A)  that reference groups play an important role in building primary group ties 
B)  that the need for more virtual communities is declining 
C)  that social ties don't just connect us to others, they influence our behavior 
D)  that modernization attempts largely fail without modern technology 
E)  the McDonaldization of society

Which of the following might help solve, or at least alleviate, the problem of social loafing?

Which of the following is a characteristic of a bureaucracy?

According to Robin Leidner in Fast Food, Fast Talk, what have fast food restaurants done in order to rationalize the process of providing food to customers?

Secondary groups cannot be geographically dispersed.

Which of the following statements would be most convincing to a sociologist if you were trying to explain the shift from A- and B-mode responses to C-mode responses on the Twenty Statements Test?

If two people worked together to make the test you are now taking, it would have been produced twice as fast than if it were written by one person.

Individuals today are more likely to identify themselves through personal characteristics than through group membership or affiliation. Why is this cause for concern to some sociologists?

What kind of power is a football coach wielding when he threatens to kick a player off the team unless the player works harder?

Unlike either traditional authority or legal-rational authority, charismatic authority is rooted in:

Which of the following is NOT true regarding the nature of bureaucracies?

What type of group provides most of our emotional satisfaction?

According to Chapter 5, actual group productivity can never equal potential productivity. Why not?

How do sociologists distinguish a group from a crowd?

Groups we use as standards to evaluate ourselves (either positively, in terms of the positions we aspire to achieve, or negatively, in terms of the positions we wish to avoid) are called:

Sociology and the Real World

Studying Social Life: Sociological Research Methods

Cultural Crossroads

The Self and Interaction

Deviance

Social Class: the Structure of Inequality

Race and Ethnicity As Lived Experience

Constructing Gender and Sexuality

The Macro-Micro Link in Social Institutions: Politics, Education, and Religion

The Economy, Work, and Working

Life at Home

Leisure and Media

Health and Illness

City and Country: the Social World and the Natural World

Social Change: Looking Toward Tomorrow

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Exam 5: Separate and Together: Life in Groups

Which of the following might help solve, or at least alleviate, the problem of social loafing?

Which of the following is a characteristic of a bureaucracy?

According to Robin Leidner in Fast Food, Fast Talk, what have fast food restaurants done in order to rationalize the process of providing food to customers?

Secondary groups cannot be geographically dispersed.

Which of the following statements would be most convincing to a sociologist if you were trying to explain the shift from A- and B-mode responses to C-mode responses on the Twenty Statements Test?

If two people worked together to make the test you are now taking, it would have been produced twice as fast than if it were written by one person.

Individuals today are more likely to identify themselves through personal characteristics than through group membership or affiliation. Why is this cause for concern to some sociologists?

What kind of power is a football coach wielding when he threatens to kick a player off the team unless the player works harder?

Unlike either traditional authority or legal-rational authority, charismatic authority is rooted in:

Which of the following is NOT true regarding the nature of bureaucracies?

What type of group provides most of our emotional satisfaction?

According to Chapter 5, actual group productivity can never equal potential productivity. Why not?

How do sociologists distinguish a group from a crowd?

Groups we use as standards to evaluate ourselves (either positively, in terms of the positions we aspire to achieve, or negatively, in terms of the positions we wish to avoid) are called:

Sociology and the Real World

Studying Social Life: Sociological Research Methods

Cultural Crossroads

The Self and Interaction

Deviance

Social Class: the Structure of Inequality

Race and Ethnicity As Lived Experience

Constructing Gender and Sexuality

The Macro-Micro Link in Social Institutions: Politics, Education, and Religion

The Economy, Work, and Working

Life at Home

Leisure and Media

Health and Illness

City and Country: the Social World and the Natural World

Social Change: Looking Toward Tomorrow

Filters