Question 1

Some students at a college form an intramural softball team.They play other teams from their school and from the area every Sunday in a conveniently located park.If a sociologist wanted to determine whether the team was a primary group or a secondary group,what might she consider?

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A)   The age of the players
B)   The innate skill of the players
C)   The shared hobbies of the players
D)   The importance of winning to the playersE) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 2

When people attend high school class reunions,they often compare their own personal and professional successes and failures with those of their former classmates.This means that classmates are a(n) :

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A)   reference group.
B)   secondary group.
C)   professional group.
D)   identity group.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 3

The sense of solidarity,or team spirit,that an individual feels toward her group is called:

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A)   expressive leadership.
B)   group cohesion.
C)   Anomie.
D)   instrumental leadership.E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 4

What do sociologists call the webs of direct and indirect ties that connect individuals to others who may influence them?

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A)   Social networks
B)   Reference groups
C)   Inner circles
D)   In-groupsE) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 5

According to social psychologist Ivan Steiner,actual group productivity can never equal potential productivity.Why not?

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Question 6

According to Max Weber's typology of power,what type of authority is wielded by a king?

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A)   Legal-rational authority
B)   Influential power
C)   Traditional authority
D)   Charismatic authorityE) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 7

Which of the following is a quality of charismatic leaders?

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A)   They inherit their position of power.
B)   Their personal qualities don't really matter.
C)   They can't be replaced by legal proceedings.
D)   They possess strength of conviction.E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 8

Which of the following strategies might help solve,or at least alleviate,the problem of social loafing?

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A)   Assigning more group members to a project
B)   Giving names to teams and T-shirts to their members
C)   Randomly assigning members to teams
D)   Making sure dissent is never welcome or toleratedE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 9

In "The Strength of Weak Ties," what are the implications of Mark Granovetter's findings?

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A)   A person with high SES is likely to have direct ties to people with low SES.
B)   We rely on weak ties for much of our social networks.
C)   Weak ties almost always are long-lasting and durable.
D)   People tend to form homogeneous social networks.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 10

Which of the following statements would be most convincing to a sociologist if you were trying to explain the shift from A-mode and B-mode responses to C-mode responses on the Twenty Statements Test?

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A)   Americans have become more and more generous over the years, and their answers reflect a desire to give something back.
B)   People care less about what researchers think about them, so they are more likely to answer honestly, admitting that they've always been selfish.
C)   The accelerated pace of social change makes it increasingly difficult to think about the self in terms of group membership.
D)   There has been a fundamental shift in individual values and psychology that has led to a long-term change in American social structure.E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 11

How have social networking websites affected social groups?

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A)   They diminish the importance of primary groups but not secondary groups.
B)   They make primary groups expand to include many more members than before.
C)   They minimize the importance of secondary groups, especially those that are associated with shared interests or education.
D)   They help people make the most of both their primary and secondary groups.E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 12

There are many members of social groups who are not influenced by peer pressure.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

In terms of job leads and social networks,how are men's networks different from women's?

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A)   Women are more likely to tell other women in their network about job opportunities.
B)   If a woman's network has more women than men in it, she is less likely to hear about job openings.
C)   If a man's network has more women than men in it, he is less likely to hear about job openings.
D)   If a woman's network has more men than women in it, she is less likely to hear about job openings.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 14

According to Robert Putnam,what does the decline in bowling leagues indicate?

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A)   Increasing anomie and a decline in collective bonds
B)   A shift from secondary groups to primary groups
C)   The increasing irrelevance of reference groups
D)   A decline in physical exercise and an increase in inactive lifestyles as a result of electronic mediaE) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 15

In 2007 the rock band Nine Inch Nails announced that it had severed all ties with the record industry.The front man,Trent Reznor,announced that "Nine Inch Nails is now totally a free agent" and that it was a "great pleasure to be able to finally have a direct relationship with the audience as I see fit." The band went on to release a free album on the Internet and encouraged Web surfers to "remix it,share it with your friends,post it on your blog,play it on your podcast,give it to strangers,etc." In what ways can the band's actions be understood as a reaction to the negative aspects of bureaucracy?

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Question 16

Which of the following statements about secondary groups is true?

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A)   They involve intimate, face-to-face interaction.
B)   They tend to be based on specific roles or activities.
C)   They are usually small and long-lasting.
D)   Their values become fused into a person's identity.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 17

The Twenty Statements Test asks respondents to make twenty true statements about themselves that begin with the phrase "I am." Why is this test discussed in a chapter about social groups?

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A)   It was developed to measure the extent to which individuals follow the norms of their primary groups.
B)   It helps sociologists understand the extent to which group norms constrain individuals.
C)   It helps to map social networks by establishing what social ties exist between people.
D)   It was developed to measure the extent to which we base our identity on membership in groups.E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 18

What does George Ritzer mean by "the McDonaldization of society"?

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Question 19

Many sociologists have worried that the modern economy demands both geographic and occupational mobility,which in turn means that industrial and bureaucratic organizations have become the norm.What sort of groups might become less common if people have to move many times in their lives for work?

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A)   Crowds
B)   Secondary groups
C)   Categories
D)   Primary groupsE) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 20

Activists sometimes advocate living "off the grid," which,in its simplest form,means living without buying electricity and water from utility companies.However,they also admit that living off the grid is getting harder and harder,because there simply isn't enough affordable land in places where it would be feasible to do so.This means that most Americans have to:

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A)   live in the suburbs.
B)   live in apartments.
C)   ride bicycles.
D)   deal with utility company bureaucracies.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Exam 5: Separate and Together: Life in Groups

Some students at a college form an intramural softball team.They play other teams from their school and from the area every Sunday in a conveniently located park.If a sociologist wanted to determine whether the team was a primary group or a secondary group,what might she consider?

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Which of the following strategies might help solve,or at least alleviate,the problem of social loafing?

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In terms of job leads and social networks,how are men's networks different from women's?

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Which of the following statements would be most convincing to a sociologist if you were trying to explain the shift from A-mode and B-mode responses to C-mode responses on the Twenty Statements Test?

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According to Robert Putnam,what does the decline in bowling leagues indicate?

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When people attend high school class reunions,they often compare their own personal and professional successes and failures with those of their former classmates.This means that classmates are a(n) :

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Many sociologists have worried that the modern economy demands both geographic and occupational mobility,which in turn means that industrial and bureaucratic organizations have become the norm.What sort of groups might become less common if people have to move many times in their lives for work?

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The Twenty Statements Test asks respondents to make twenty true statements about themselves that begin with the phrase "I am." Why is this test discussed in a chapter about social groups?

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Which of the following is a quality of charismatic leaders?

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In "The Strength of Weak Ties," what are the implications of Mark Granovetter's findings?

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The sense of solidarity,or team spirit,that an individual feels toward her group is called:

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Which of the following strategies might help solve,or at least alleviate,the problem of social loafing?

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