Question 1

An increase in and stability of which of the following is a defining characteristic of agricultural societies?

Accepted Answer

A) trade 
B) religious organization 
C) material production 
D) food production 
A) trade 
B) religious organization 
C) material production 
D) food production D

Question 2

In 1933 Germany, 44 percent of marriages involving a Jew were with a non-Jew.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

According to the textbook, what type of group places the most pressure on its members to obey its rules?

Accepted Answer

A) primary group 
B) secondary group 
C) social category 
D) network 
A) primary group 
B) secondary group 
C) social category 
D) network A

Question 4

Rennae agrees to take part in an experiment at the psychology department at her university.However, when she is asked to engage in behaviour that she believes would be harmful to another person in the study, she refuses.She bases her decision on familiarity with existing research.Whose research is it likely to be?

Accepted Answer

A) Watson and Crick 
B) Granovetter 
C) Milgram 
D) Kanter 
A) Watson and Crick 
B) Granovetter 
C) Milgram 
D) Kanter

Question 5

Canadian coins bear an image of Elizabeth II and the inscription D.G.REGINA (by the grace of God, queen).In which type of society did this type of justification of rule become established?

Accepted Answer

A) agricultural society 
B) horticultural society 
C) industrial society 
D) postindustrial society 
A) agricultural society 
B) horticultural society 
C) industrial society 
D) postindustrial society

Question 6

Which of the following social relationships can outlive a withdrawal of one partner?

Accepted Answer

A) a dyad 
B) a triad 
C) a competition 
D) a coalition 
A) a dyad 
B) a triad 
C) a competition 
D) a coalition

Question 7

Are technological or social differences between historical types of societies more important? Why?

Accepted Answer

The importance of technological or socia

Question 8

Primary groups are large and impersonal.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Which of the following best exemplifies an imagined community?

Accepted Answer

A) a basketball team 
B) Jamaican Canadians 
C) people born in 1993 
D) you and your ideal romantic partner 
A) a basketball team 
B) Jamaican Canadians 
C) people born in 1993 
D) you and your ideal romantic partner

Question 10

You have been hired as a consultant to improve efficiency of a federal ministry.What measures would you propose?

Accepted Answer

As a consultant hired to improve the eff

Question 11

In her analysis of the Holocaust, Hannah Arendt wrote that, in the Nazi regime, evil became normal.Which social phenomenon made this possible?

Accepted Answer

A) religion 
B) organization 
C) conformity 
D) solidarity 
A) religion 
B) organization 
C) conformity 
D) solidarity

Question 12

Define norms of solidarity and give examples.

Accepted Answer

Norms of solidarity refer to the shared

Question 13

How can study of social networks supplement study of organizations?

Accepted Answer

The study of social networks can signifi

Question 14

Primary groups develop more pressure to conform than secondary groups.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Using an example, explain what a reference group is.

Accepted Answer

A reference group is a social group that

Question 16

In which type of society did large cities first appear?

Accepted Answer

A) agricultural society 
B) horticultural society 
C) industrial society 
D) postindustrial society 
A) agricultural society 
B) horticultural society 
C) industrial society 
D) postindustrial society

Question 17

At each successive stage of human social evolution, what tends to happen to the human-nature relationship?

Accepted Answer

A) People become increasingly dependent on nature. 
B) People become increasingly less able to alter their natural environment. 
C) People become less reliant on nature and more able to transform it. 
D) People become less dependent on what nature provides and less able to modify it. 
A) People become increasingly dependent on nature. 
B) People become increasingly less able to alter their natural environment. 
C) People become less reliant on nature and more able to transform it. 
D) People become less dependent on what nature provides and less able to modify it.

Question 18

What is the relation between group conformity and inequality?

Accepted Answer

Group conformity and inequality are two

Question 19

Which of Tönnies's conclusions about urban networks has research disproved?

Accepted Answer

A) Social ties are superficial and functionally specific. 
B) Social ties are few and emotionally charged. 
C) Social ties are homogeneous. 
D) Social ties are diverse. 
A) Social ties are superficial and functionally specific. 
B) Social ties are few and emotionally charged. 
C) Social ties are homogeneous. 
D) Social ties are diverse.

Question 20

Approximately what percentage of Asch's research participants consistently gave the correct answers in the face of group pressure to select a wrong answer choice?

Accepted Answer

A) 25 percent 
B) 50 percent 
C) 75 percent 
D) 100 percent 
A) 25 percent 
B) 50 percent 
C) 75 percent 
D) 100 percent

Exam 6: Networks, Groups, Bureaucracies, and Societies

An increase in and stability of which of the following is a defining characteristic of agricultural societies?

In 1933 Germany, 44 percent of marriages involving a Jew were with a non-Jew.

According to the textbook, what type of group places the most pressure on its members to obey its rules?

Canadian coins bear an image of Elizabeth II and the inscription D.G.REGINA (by the grace of God, queen).In which type of society did this type of justification of rule become established?

Which of the following social relationships can outlive a withdrawal of one partner?

Are technological or social differences between historical types of societies more important? Why?

Primary groups are large and impersonal.

Which of the following best exemplifies an imagined community?

You have been hired as a consultant to improve efficiency of a federal ministry.What measures would you propose?

In her analysis of the Holocaust, Hannah Arendt wrote that, in the Nazi regime, evil became normal.Which social phenomenon made this possible?

Define norms of solidarity and give examples.

How can study of social networks supplement study of organizations?

Primary groups develop more pressure to conform than secondary groups.

Using an example, explain what a reference group is.

In which type of society did large cities first appear?

At each successive stage of human social evolution, what tends to happen to the human-nature relationship?

What is the relation between group conformity and inequality?

Which of Tönnies's conclusions about urban networks has research disproved?

Approximately what percentage of Asch's research participants consistently gave the correct answers in the face of group pressure to select a wrong answer choice?

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