Question 1

A good example of a primary group is:

Accepted Answer

A)  the U. S. Army 
B)  a family 
C)  AT&T Corp. 
D)  all of the above 
E)  none of the above

Question 2

A mother preparing lunch for her child is an example of a (n):

Accepted Answer

A)  status 
B)  role 
C)  macrolevel behavior 
D)  unliberated woman

Question 3

One British psychologist believes that the Western family causes most of the mental illness in individuals. This theory implies that:

Accepted Answer

A)  the primary group is always helpful to the individual 
B)  primary group relations can be harmful to the individual 
C)  secondary relations are more important than primary ones 
D)  none of the above are relevant

Question 4

A working wife and mother is likely to encounter:

Accepted Answer

A)  no role involvement 
B)  role happiness 
C)  role strain 
D)  the best of both roles

Question 5

The largest group to which a person belongs is:

Accepted Answer

A)  triad 
B)  family 
C)  primary group 
D)  society 
E)  none of the above

Question 6

Primary groups are basic to the development of:

Accepted Answer

A)  politics 
B)  law 
C)  personality 
D)  social change

Question 7

The concepts of Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft resemble those of primary and secondary group.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The interactions at a corner gas station are secondary.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Which of the following is likely to be an involuntary group? The:

Accepted Answer

A)  Boston Bruins 
B)  Ku Klux Klan 
C)  campaign staff working for presidential candidate 
D)  the Smith family

Question 10

"Humanity" is:

Accepted Answer

A)  an aggregate 
B)  a group 
C)  a category 
D)  all of the above 
E)  none of the above

Question 11

A person's family, in addition to being a primary group, is also a:

Accepted Answer

A)  voluntary group 
B)  reference group 
C)  membership 
D)  Gesellschaft

Question 12

Norms are:

Accepted Answer

A)  social rules of behavior 
B)  institutions 
C)  roles 
D)  name given to certain kinds of laws

Question 13

If the daughter of a factory worker wants to become the president of the company for which her father works, we may assume that:

Accepted Answer

A)  she has a different reference group than her social class would indicate 
B)  her father has special connections to the boss 
C)  the daughter likes to daydream 
D)  she has been reading too many yuppie biographies

Question 14

Societies in which ascribed statuses have been prevalent include:

Accepted Answer

A)  estate systems in feudal Europe 
B)  industrial societies like the United States 
C)  occupationally-based caste systems, as in pre-modern India 
D)  a and c only 
E)  all of the above

Question 15

Max Weber intended his "ideal type" of bureaucracy as an:

Accepted Answer

A)  accurate description of existing bureaucracies 
B)  idealized or exaggerated model of rational administration 
C)  explanation of elite domination 
D)  obviously false portrait of democratic administration

Question 16

chieved status would be especially important in:

Accepted Answer

A)  ancient Egypt 
B)  19th century India 
C)  feudal Europe 
D)  all of the above 
E)  none of the above

Question 17

Conflict:

Accepted Answer

A)  underlies both competition and coercion 
B)  is diametrically opposed to competition 
C)  is a hostile form of struggle 
D)  all of the above 
E)  none of the above

Question 18

A number of people make up a group if there is some kind of communication among them that results in mutual adjustment of behavior.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The allocation of tasks to particular individuals who specialize in performing them is referred to as:

Accepted Answer

A)  division of labor 
B)  status fulfillment 
C)  ascribed status 
D)  status specialization

Question 20

Critiques of bureaucratic forms of business administration argue that:

Accepted Answer

A)  explicit standards of quality control must be imposed by management 
B)  employees are given too much discretion 
C)  small organizations inevitably become bureaucracies 
D)  vertical hierarchies of power are too sluggish

Exam 4: Group Interaction From Two to Millions

A good example of a primary group is:

A mother preparing lunch for her child is an example of a (n) :

One British psychologist believes that the Western family causes most of the mental illness in individuals. This theory implies that:

A working wife and mother is likely to encounter:

The largest group to which a person belongs is:

Primary groups are basic to the development of:

The concepts of Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft resemble those of primary and secondary group.

The interactions at a corner gas station are secondary.

Which of the following is likely to be an involuntary group? The:

"Humanity" is:

A person's family, in addition to being a primary group, is also a:

Norms are:

If the daughter of a factory worker wants to become the president of the company for which her father works, we may assume that:

Societies in which ascribed statuses have been prevalent include:

Max Weber intended his "ideal type" of bureaucracy as an:

chieved status would be especially important in:

Conflict:

A number of people make up a group if there is some kind of communication among them that results in mutual adjustment of behavior.

The allocation of tasks to particular individuals who specialize in performing them is referred to as:

Critiques of bureaucratic forms of business administration argue that: