Exam 7: Interaction, Groups, and Organizations

A sociologist is studying how police officers perform their roles,specifically examining how officers perform their roles and present themselves to the public.What approach is the sociologist using to study the officers?

What was Solomon Asch trying to uncover in his experiments?

In which of the following cities would a resident likely have the greatest personal privacy?

Which type of social grouping is made up of people who come together to accomplish a specific task and interact with one another in a relatively impersonal way?

The factors that exist outside an organization that affect an organization's functioning constitute

What is the three-step process that Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann believe individuals go through as they construct reality?

What is a bureaucracy?

How is status hierarchy linked to social inequality?

Dyads are the least intimate type of exchange because only two people are involved.

The goal of scientific management is to

A president of a company holds more power and has greater access to resources than a mailroom employee.This illustrates which concept?

How does a reference group influence us?

With which of the following statements would a sociologist DISAGREE regarding the importance of social roles in our society?

Mike's uncle is always making generalizations about certain racial/ethnic groups,describing them as being smart,good with money,lazy,unmotivated,or prone to crime.Mike knows that these assertions are unfounded but he does not know how to address his uncle.These generalizations are

Which type of social grouping is made up of people who have regular contact,significant emotional attachment to one another,and enduring relationships?

A social group decides that the length of someone's big toe represents how intelligent and trustworthy that person is.Soon those with longer big toes have a higher social standing.Though the criteria may seem silly,it becomes a very real way group members are differentiated.This illustrates which sociological concept?

Role distance is the idea that people

Which sociological perspective focuses on interpersonal interactions?

Secondary groups are characterized by impersonal interactions whereas primary groups are characterized by enduring relationships and emotional attachment.

What sociological concept is the idea that if someone defines a situation as real it is real in its consequences?