Social groups

Which of the following is the BEST example of a secondary group?

A Microsoft corporation award banquet

Which concept refers to a social group with only two members?

A dyad

Which of the following is the BEST example of a primary group?

A family that has gathered to celebrate a religious holiday

Charles Horton Cooley referred to a small social group whose members share personal and enduring relationships as?

A primary group

In general, we see______ as a means to an end; we see _______ as an end itself.

A secondary group; a primary group

What do sociologist call two or more people who identify and interact with one another?

A social group

The tendency of bureaucratic organizations to perpetuate themselves in order to keep going is called bureaucratic?

Inertia

A secondary group is a social group that?

Is impersonal and engaged in some specific activity

Formal organizations are?

Large secondary groups with a goal orientation

Read the four statements below which of them is NOT evidence of the process called "McDonaldization" of society?

Many new jobs demand creativity and imagination

The concept "McDonaldization" of society refers to?

McDonalds organization principles moving to dominate all of society

Read the list of traits below which of these traits is NOT a Characteristic of a secondary groups?

Members have a personal orientation

Which sociological concept refers to a number of weak social ties among people who have little common identity and little interaction?

Network

Which of the following is typically true of a social network?

Networks are "fuzzy" groups made up of people we "know of" rather than those we know well

Which of the following concepts was used by Robert Michaels to refer to the rule of the many by the few?

Oligarchy

Stanley Milgram's research in which subjects used a "shock generator " showed?

People are surprisingly likely to follow the orders of not only real authority figures but also groups of ordinary individuals

Which of the following concepts refers to a social group that people use as a point of reference in making evaluations or decisions?

Reference group

The emergency room clerk who keeps a bleeding patient waiting while filling out lots of paperwork is a classic example of bureaucratic-

Ritualism

Assume that you are one of many people assembled at a university graduation ceremony the term that best describes the gathering is a?

Secondary group

The success story of the McDonald's organization explains?

That the organizational principles of McDonald's have come to dominate our social life

Which of the following is every societys MOST important primary group?

The family

In the "iron law of oligarchy" Robert Michaels stated that bureaucracy always means

The few rule the many

Why did Cooley referred to some groups as "primary groups"?

They have primary importance in the socialization process, they contain the people most important in our lives, they are among the first groups we experience in life

In principle, bureaucratic organizations pay little attention to?

Tradition

The concept "bureaucracy " refers to ?

An organization model rationally designed to preform tasks efficiently

What is Robert Mertons term for a preoccupation with rules and regulations to the point of keeping an organization from accomplishing its goals?

Bureaucratic ritualism

Think about the process of McDonaldization. Looking at the list below which one of the traits is NOT linked to McDonaldization?

Creativity

Which statement correctly reflects Simmels interpretation of the dyad?

Dyads are less stable than groups with many members

Max Weber noted many traits of bureaucracy which of the following list is NOT one of them?

Favoring family members over strangers

Solomon aschs research, in which subjects were asked to match lines, showed that?

Group membership has the power to generate conformity

What is the sociological term coin by Irving Janice for a limited understanding of some issue resulting from group conformity?

Groupthink