Chapter 5 study guide

Assume you are a parent of a child in school. Form your point of view, which type of organization is a schools parent teacher association (pta)?

A Normative organization

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

Inertia

You want your social group to be open to any and all people as new members , which of the following policies would you support?

Members should be socially diverse

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

Primary group

The text speaks of opposing trends in today's world of formal organization because

Some organizations have evolved toward flatter, more flexible forms, but others remain rigid organizations patterned by McDonald's

A psychiatric hospital can be a coercive organization for a patient, a utilitarian organization for a psychiatrist, and a normative organization for a part time volunteer

True

Formal organization are design to meet the personal needs of the participants

True

In addition to keeping their individuality, members of a social group also think of themselves a special we

True

People riding in a subway is called a social group

True

Which type of leadership style takes charge of making decisions and makes sure people do what they are told?

authoritarian leadership

If you were a prisoner, a maximum-security prison would be which of the following types of organizations from your point of view?

coercive organization

Which type of formal organization do people join in order to obtain money and other material benefits?

utilitarian organization

In your group, the leader is skilled at using humor to reduce tension and lighten serious moments. Which type of leader does your group have?

An expressive leader

Read the four statements below. Which of them is not evidence of the process called the McDonaldization of society ?

Colleges select students in terms of applicants grades and test scores

Think about the process of McDonaldization. Looking at the list, which one of the traits is not linked to Mcdonaldization?

Creativity

Imagine you are watching several dozen passengers sitting in an airport gate area waiting to board a plane. These people are an example of a

Crowd

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

Inertia

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

network