Exam 6: Networks, Groups, Bureaucracies, and Societies

Kunwaktok is the female leader of a fairly non-hierarchical group of people who live in a large area abundant with animals, berries, and plants readily available for food.Based only on this information, what type of society is Kunwaktok from?

People who share an identity and interact regularly on the basis of that identity are defined as which of the following?

What type of group comprises members who are acquainted with one another and get together for a specific purpose, often for only a short period of time?

Which of the following best described the effect of postindustrialization on class inequality?

What has the Robber's Cave experiment proven about group boundaries?

Weber concentrated on the inefficiencies of bureaucracy.

According to Kanter's research on women in organizations during the 1970s, what held women back from entering the top echelons of most organizations?

What was the focus of the Asch experiment?

Lori and Tim have been married for nine years.If their marriage is to continue, which of the following should characterize their relationship?

Curtis attends a large university and knows very few people in his classes.In his sociology class, however, he was required to meet weekly with a group of four other people to work on a term project.After the term was over, they kept meeting weekly to discuss classes and life at university.What type of social group do Curtis and the others make?

Efficiency of bureaucracy varies with its structure and the organizational environment.

How might the concept of a reference group help prepare people to successfully fulfill their career plans?

The Industrial Revolution began in the nineteenth-century United States.

According to the textbook, which of the following inventions marks the shift to the most recent era in global societies?

Summarize the main technological and social innovations of agricultural societies.

Athena lives in a house with several other people who regularly host vegan potlucks for interested people in the community.What do Athena and her roommates belong to?

Morgan runs a sociology department where he calls informal weekly coffee meetings between the monthly department meetings so that people can keep him apprised of what is happening and he can solicit feedback about new departmental initiatives.How effective is his department likely to be in meeting its annual goals?

Describe the main characteristics of a postnatural society.

Marilyn has worked at the RCMP office for 23 years as an exhibits clerk.She has seen most of the police officers over the years as they come in to sign out their exhibits for court.What type of social group do Marilyn and these officers form?

Based on Stanley Milgram's 1970s experiments with authority, which of the following people are most likely to harm a stranger if an authority figure tells them to?