Question 1

What is social loafing? How could it affect a group of college students working on a group presentation? What would be some possible solutions for preventing this problem?

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Social loafing means that,as more people...

Question 2

How does the immense value that some cultures place on "the group" contribute to honor killings?

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Society provides cultural norms that gui...

Question 3

Secondary groups cannot be geographically dispersed.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

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.What might a sociologist consider if he or she wanted to determine whether the team was a primary group or a secondary group?

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A)   the age of the players
B)   the interactions of team members off the field
C)   the shared hobbies of the players
D)   the innate skill of the players

Question 5

Imagine that you are in charge of a football team.Several of the players including the quarterback and the running back get most of the glory when the team succeeds.However,other players,like the linebackers,have to do a lot of hard and highly skilled work in order for the team to win.Use the insights you have gained from Chapter 5 to describe what steps you would take to motivate the linebackers to work hard.

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Any good answer should draw on the "Team...

Question 6

People who associate with each other on a regular basis because they enjoy spending time together are usually members of a

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A)   primary group.
B)   secondary group.
C)   reference group.
D)   social network.

Question 7

What is the danger of too much group cohesion?

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A)   It leads to endless discussion that tends to preclude any real action.
B)   It makes group members more susceptible to anomie or normlessness.
C)   It reduces the degree to which members are attracted to the group.
D)   It can lead to groupthink, in which dissenting opinions are strongly discouraged.

Question 8

A high school decides that its band needs to wear uniforms.To be more efficient,the school only buys uniforms in three sizes and forces each student to pick the size that comes closest to fitting.What does this exemplify?

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A)   rationalization
B)   virtual communities
C)   group dynamics
D)   network theory

Question 9

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

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A)   expressive leadership.
B)   group cohesion.
C)   anomie.
D)   instrumental leadership.

Question 10

Which type of conformity has occurred when someone joins an animal rights group and then adopts a vegan diet?

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A)   social networks
B)   internalization
C)   compliance
D)   social atomism

Question 11

What was the Asch experiment? What conclusions did Asch draw from it? What have researchers in recent decades found when trying to replicate Asch's results?

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In the 1950s,Solomon Asch gathered group...

Question 12

Sociologists would not consider fans of the rock musician Bruce Springsteen to be a group
Because they

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A)   need to have at least two things in common.
B)   share no attributes.
C)   are never in the same physical location.
D)   do not interact regularly.

Question 13

Why would sociologists who study social networks and employment pay attention to the frequency with which a person has been in contact with each member of his or her social network?

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A)   to measure the anomie of the network
B)   to determine if groupthink occurred in a social network
C)   to see if a particular tie is strong or weak
D)   to see just how extensive the network is

Question 14

A student at a university explains that he doesn't want to join a fraternity because he believes they create negative in-group and out-group dynamics.What perspective best describes his views?

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A)   symbolic interactionism
B)   coercive power
C)   structural functionalism
D)   conflict theory

Question 15

People today are more likely to identify themselves through personal characteristics than through group membership or affiliation.Why is this cause for concern to some sociologists?

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A)   People who identify themselves through personal characteristics are less likely to try to achieve their goals and advance themselves.
B)   People who identify themselves through personal characteristics are more likely to blindly follow orders and bow to peer pressure.
C)   People who identify themselves through personal characteristics are more likely to have large social networks and maintain connections to their communities.
D)   People who identify themselves through personal characteristics might care less about the common good.

Question 16

The mother of a university student is worried about her son joining a fraternity.She worries that peer pressure and groupthink may lead her son to do activities he wouldn't normally do,such as binge drinking.What perspective best describes her views?

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A)   symbolic interactionism
B)   coercive power
C)   structural functionalism
D)   conflict theory

Question 17

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

What kind of power is exhibited by a police officer who pulls over a suspect after a high-speed pursuit?

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A)   coercive
B)   influential
C)   traditional
D)   charismatic

Question 19

Which of the following is a characteristic of primary groups?

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A)   They are larger and more anonymous than secondary groups.
B)   They are often formal or impersonal.
C)   They tend to be based on specific roles or activities.
D)   They involve a strong sense of belonging.

Question 20

Why does actual group productivity never equal potential productivity?

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A)   The tasks that groups usually work on are not very interesting, which decreases motivation.
B)   Time is lost to coordinating and organizing group members.
C)   Group members never identify with the group thoroughly enough to give it their full attention.
D)   There is no way to recognize group members for their efforts.

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Secondary groups cannot be geographically dispersed.

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Secondary groups cannot be geographically dispersed.

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