Chapter 5: separate and together: life in groups

After watching a commercial that claimed that wearing Nike brand clothing makes amateur athletes perform better, Alfonso followed the ________ by purchasing Nike sneakers. By expecting this behavior to produce a positive reward, Alfonso is demonstrating ________.

prescription, compliance

The differences between a group and a_______ is whether the members identify with one another and whether interaction is temporary or permanent. A primary group consists of people such as _________ whereas a secondary group might consist of people such as _____.

- crowd , family members, students taking this course

How did Stanley Milgram test participants' obedience to authority?

He had "experimenters" coax "teachers" into shocking "learners."

the audience at a taping of SNL

and aggregate

all of the people watching SNL on tv last saturday

a category

the cast members of SNL

a secondary group

Power is the ability to _______ the actions of others and if legitimated, provides _______. Power can be ________ when it is backed by the threat of force, or _________ when it is supported by persuasion.

control, authority, coercive, influential

Quinn is on a high-school volleyball team and has chemistry during the first period. If she wanted to assess her team's performance, which of the following could serve as a reference group?

- the men's volleyball team at Quinn's school - another school's volleyball team

Americans have drastically reduced their levels of civic engagement over time.

Robert Putnam

Societies value technology over relationships.

Sherry Turkle

Identify whether or not the following are kinds of conformity produced by social influence.

produced by social influence: identification compliance internalization

Group membership prevents a state of normlessness

Émile Durkheim

a group of close friends and family members who get together to watch SNL on tv each week

a primary group

Lana was always spoiled during her youth. As an only child, she was lavished with praise and gifts from her parents. Unfortunately, they died when Lana was in college, and since then, Lana has remained single and has made no close friends. Her contact with other family members is limited. By virtue of her limited group membership, which of these concepts is Lana is more likely to experience?

anomie

The Burning Man festival challenges which norms and values of mainstream society?

conformity capitalism bureaucracy

Which of the following are organizations that Robert Putnam's research might argue keep anomie at bay?

Boy Scouts of America Habitat for Humanity Boys and Girls Clubs of America

Melissa is a student studying biology at the University of Michigan. She grew up in Michigan, in a nearby town. Identify each person as being a member of an in-group or out-group for Melissa.

In-Group: a current community college student with whom Melissa went to high school her sister who is a student at Michigan State a history major at the University of Michigan Out-Group: an Ohio State student who went to Melissa's rival high school in Michigan

Identify each example as either instrumental or expressive leadership.

Instrumental Leadership -The CEO of McDonald's knows that laying off 500 workers will bring discord among other employees but knows they must do so to meet quarterly goals. -Your boss does not care that forcing employees to work through the weekend may hurt morale. The project must be done by Monday. Expressive Leadership -The CEO of Starbucks considers requiring all stores to begin opening at 4:30 a.m. but after considering the undue stress it may add to employees, decides not to implement the change.

Identify the true and false statements about social media engagement and our social connections.

True Statements -Americans are no more or less lonely or detached from one another than they have ever been. -Users of social media are more connected than nonusers.

Identify the true and false statements about social media sites according to the statistics in the textbook.

True Statements(s) almost 70 % percent of all adults use a social networking site every month 1.1 billion people use ig. False Statements(s) more than 2 billions tweets are sent on twitter every day more than 8 billion people are active daily users of facebook

Which statements correctly describe "the strength of weak ties"

Weak ties provide benefits that strong ties do not.Weak ties provide access to valuable information.

Which of the following are aspects of group dynamics?

how groups achieve goals how groups form how groups change how groups disintegrate

Match each quality to the correct group category based on Robert Merton's theory of group classification.

out-group: snobbish lazy in- group: laid back classy

Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, has a rule that if a team cannot be fed by two pizzas, the team is too large. The "two pizza" rule exemplifies the concept of ____________.

social loafing

In her best-selling book Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg encourages girls and women to aspire to leadership roles. Sandberg partnered with ____________ to launch the "ban bossy" campaign

the Girl Scouts

An employee at the local Department of Motor Vehicles puts in an eight-hour shift and then goes to a local bar and grill to celebrate a co-worker's birthday. What aspect of bureaucracy does this situation highlight?

Interpersonal interactions help humanize bureaucracies

Identify the following as either primary or secondary group

primary group: a close knit group of friends who have been together since middle school - a married couple secondary group: tailoring shop that makes bespoke (fully custom) suits for men - professional football team