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A person who intentionally tries to drive a wedge between two other people is termed by Georg Simmel as:


A) divide and conquer.
B) the third that rejoices.
C) a social network divider.
D) unifocal.

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The flagship university in your state recently completed a new state-of-the-art student center,complete with bowling alleys,fast-food outlets,group study space,and the latest green technology.Shortly after it was finished,almost every other university in your state began clamoring for a new student center,too.How would the theory of institutional isomorphism explain this?


A) Their student centers were probably also out of date.
B) Universities see an indirect payoff in such an investment.
C) As tuition rises,parents are increasingly vocal stakeholders.
D) Universities operate in the same environment and therefore end up looking alike.

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Solomon Asch ran experiments in which subjects were presented with this image and asked about line length.Other people in the room offered wrong answers,and the subject's responses were recorded.What did Asch conclude? Solomon Asch ran experiments in which subjects were presented with this image and asked about line length.Other people in the room offered wrong answers,and the subject's responses were recorded.What did Asch conclude?   A)  The ability to perceive line length is a mix of natural ability and social influence. B)  Women are more susceptible to group pressure than men. C)  Groups exert powerful influence on an individual. D)  Groups reach correct answers more quickly than individuals.


A) The ability to perceive line length is a mix of natural ability and social influence.
B) Women are more susceptible to group pressure than men.
C) Groups exert powerful influence on an individual.
D) Groups reach correct answers more quickly than individuals.

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The term "six degrees of separation" came out of research undertaken by Stanley Milgram,who wanted to test:


A) how social chains operate in organizations.
B) how strangers meet at cocktail parties.
C) the reach of social networks.
D) the number of steps people take before landing in prison.

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While a social network is ________,a social tie ________.


A) the relationship between two people; explains how two people know each other
B) how people stay in touch with each other; explains how people maintain their relationship
C) how two people know each other; is how two people maintain their relationship
D) the connections between people; is the way in which two people form bonds

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Which of the following is a case study of a lifestyle that has endured and maintained its traditions despite wide changes in modern life?


A) Australians engaged in global trade
B) teenagers in public schools
C) the Amish in Pennsylvania
D) bowlers in the Midwest

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You and your friend created a technology start-up.Since its inception,it has become very successful and you've had to hire many employees.At what point will you realize that it has become,in Georg Simmel's terms,a large group?


A) when you don't know everyone's name
B) when formal job titles are created and formal hierarchies between employees emerge
C) when you have to build cubicles for your employees' privacy
D) when you begin issuing stock options to employees as part of their compensation package

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Weak ties are valuable parts of a social network because:


A) it is easier to sever them if a friendship doesn't blossom smoothly.
B) it is easier to exert power over those to whom we have such ties.
C) they are more likely to introduce us to new information and ideas.
D) we do not have to invest as much energy in maintaining them.

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Stigmatized groups,such as felons in the United States,are known as:


A) primary groups.
B) secondary groups.
C) in-groups.
D) out-groups.

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When public health officials used social network analysis to understand sexually transmitted infections,what conclusion did they draw? When public health officials used social network analysis to understand sexually transmitted infections,what conclusion did they draw?   A)  STIs almost always spread with the Panel A model. B)  STIs can spread according to any of these models,and interventions must correspond with the pattern of the disease. C)  Public education is the most effective intervention,regardless of how the infections are spread. D)  The Panel B model is prevalent in the United States; the Panel C model is prevalent in Europe.


A) STIs almost always spread with the Panel A model.
B) STIs can spread according to any of these models,and interventions must correspond with the pattern of the disease.
C) Public education is the most effective intervention,regardless of how the infections are spread.
D) The Panel B model is prevalent in the United States; the Panel C model is prevalent in Europe.

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B

C.Wright Mills's term for interlocking directorates is which of the following?


A) the power elite
B) patriarchy
C) hierarchy
D) conflict of interest

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According to Georg Simmel,which of the following groups is the most fragile?


A) triad
B) dyad
C) primary group
D) secondary group

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The examples of more and more people bowling and eating alone are used to highlight a more general trend involving:


A) the decline in social and emotional support.
B) civic disengagement and a decline in social capital.
C) social isolationism and alienation in modern society.
D) the breakdown in the nuclear family.

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B

Mary goes out on a date with Suzanne.Viewed in sociological perspective,two persons on a date have formed a:


A) micro social network.
B) party.
C) triad.
D) dyad.

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In which of the following groups is coalition formation impossible?


A) dyads
B) secondary groups
C) primary groups
D) triads

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An interlocking directorate is:


A) the shared beliefs and behaviors within a social group.
B) the ways in which power and authority are distributed within an organization.
C) when members of corporate boards sit on the board of directors for multiple companies.
D) a set of social relations held together by ties between individuals.

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A local organization values democracy and diversity and therefore solicits input on every decision it makes and uses recruiting strategies that are likely to attract a wide variety of applicants.These beliefs and behaviors are part of the:


A) old boys' club.
B) organizational culture.
C) organizational decline.
D) formal organization.

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Janet was surprised to find out that her gynecologist,Dr.Herring,was good friends with her tennis partner,Sally.Janet had met Sally years ago in graduate school,while Dr.Herring knew Sally from church.The nature of each one's relationship to Sally is what sociologists call a(n) :


A) coincidence.
B) reference group.
C) tie.
D) in-group.

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C

The study that analyzed the sexual networks of teens at 12 high schools is an example of how network analysis can inform transmission phenomena such as the spread of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) .An advantage of network analysis over interpretive sociology is that it can:


A) go beyond people's own descriptions to look at numbers,which are always more reliable than people's descriptions.
B) reveal the meanings people give to their sexual encounters.
C) reveal patterns in social structures that might not become evident through answers to direct questions.
D) go beyond what people say they do to reveal the complex interplay between biology and social behavior.

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What kind of group ceases to exist if even one member leaves the group?


A) dyads
B) triads
C) social networks
D) social actor groups

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