Sociology 6

Laissez-faire

Christine is president of her Improvisation Comedy Troupe. When making decisions about booking gigs, rehearsal spaces, and call-times, Christine leaves the troupe to decide for themselves. Christine is a(n) _____ leader.

Instrumental function

Grace works in at an advertising agency. Grace's coworkers help her complete presentations, contact clients, and assist her with research. Her coworkers are serving a(n):

Authoritarian

In the 2010 film, The Social Network, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was portrayed as a leader who was goal-oriented, issuing orders and assigning tasks. Which of the following leadership styles did Zuckerberg likely use?

True

Reference groups can also become a person's in-group or out-group.

False

Solomon Asch concluded that one reason people conform to a group is because they believe they are too weak to decide for themselves.

The increasing presence of the fast-food business model in common social institutions

The McDonalidization of Society refers to:

Higher education

The Sociology Live! video McDonaldization argues that many social institutions have become McDonaldized. Which institution is used as the central example of McDonaldization?

Erving Goffman's dramaturgy

The Stanford Prison Experiment helps us understand which of the following sociological concepts better?

A bureaucracy where membership and advancement is based on proven and documented skills.

The term meritocracy is defined by the text as:

reference groups

This concept describes groups to which an individual compares himself or herself.

total institution

This is an organization in which participants live a controlled lifestyle and in which total resocialization occurs.

instrumental leader

This type of leader is goal-oriented and largely concerned with accomplishing set tasks.

Personality-based promotion

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a bureaucracy:

Rationalization

Which of the following is NOT one of the elements of McDonaldization?

Members of sorority Delta Delta Delta advise their pledges not to socialize with members of pledges of rival sorority Sigma Delta Theta.

Which of the following is an example of an in-group/out-group dynamic: