Sociology Chapter 5 Quiz
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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) ________ group.
It can lead to groupthink, in which dissenting opinions are strongly discouraged.
What is the danger of too much group cohesion?
the personal qualities of a leader.
Charismatic authority is unlike either traditional authority or legal-rational authority in that it is rooted in
a reference group
A twenty-eight-year-old woman is on the verge of a big promotion at work. She didn't finish college until she was twenty-five and the entry-level job she currently has is not impressive. She decides to attend her ten-year high school reunion only if she is promoted. What do sociologists say her high school classmates represent if they can have this much influence on her decision to attend the reunion?
traditional authority
According to Max Weber's typology of power, what type of authority does a king wield?
when the differences between the in-group and the out-group are sharply defined
Although individuals always feel loyalty toward their in-group, under what circumstances would this loyalty be particularly strong?
Individuals associated with a group feel a shared identity.
How do sociologists distinguish a group from a crowd?
hostility toward an out-group
In Los Angeles you may see cars sporting a bumper sticker that reads, "My favorite teams are UCLA and whoever's playing USC." What is this an example of?
social loafing.
Individual members of a large group often neglect their responsibilities when a task needs to be completed because it is impossible for any one person to receive credit or blame. This phenomenon is called
primary groups
Many sociologists have worried that the modern economy demands both geographic and occupational mobility, which in turn means bureaucratic organizations have become the norm. What sort of groups might become weaker or strained if people have to move frequently throughout their lives for work?