Exam 2: The Structure of Social Groups

Societies have order and predictability within them.

The economic and political actions of the United States and other countries

________ suicide is when individuals are totally group-oriented and kill themselves for the good of the group.

Bureaucracy is a hierarchical formal organization characterized by rationality and efficiency.

In Sherif's study of adolescents at summer camp, only the experimental groups developed rules and punishments that governed behavior.

Sherif's classic summer camp experiment with groups illustrated the dynamics of cultural relativism.

Shared beliefs of group members that unite them and guide their behavior are called ethics.

Although human beings are biologically programmed to eat, drink, sleep, and engage in sexual activity, social groups significantly shape how these drives are met. This statement illustrates the power of social groups to affect an individual's _______.

The basic building block of groups is

All norms of a social organization are equally important to sustaining order in the organization.

At the individual level, placement in the society's hierarchy directly affects self-perception, motivation, and political attitudes.

________ refers to the position a person occupies in society that has exceptional significance for her/his social identity.

Discuss three reasons why role expectations do not make behavior completely predictable.

________ arranges people in order of importance and in terms of how they are rewarded and esteemed.

All of the following reasons account for variations in the behavior of people holding identical statuses EXCEPT

All of the following are statements that describe a society EXCEPT

Describe the benefits to society of bureaucracies and the common criticisms made of them.

________ is/are expectations that group members have of individuals who occupy various positions in the group.

The dehumanization of society that is characteristic of bureaucracies and which Max Weber feared would accompany modern society has been called the ________ .

Culture is a type of social organization that liberates rather than constrains individual behavior.