Chapter 5
Who coined the term anomie?
Emile Durkheim
Group cohesion is likely to be highest among which group? A)Ivy league school B)Sociology 101 students
ivy league school
Group cohesion
the sense of solidarity or team spirit that members feel toward their group
Jennifer's soccer league is quite large. It includes twelve teams, and each team has approximately fifteen members. Jennifer is very popular and has the most ties with individuals throughout the league. Which social network concept best describes Jennifer's situation?
centrality
Classify each person as a direct tie, an indirect tie, or neither.
direct tie:- your sibling indirect tie: - your cousin's friend - your friend's cousin neither:- the mayor
A primary group consists of people such as _________whereas a secondary group might consist of people such as _________.
-Family members -Students taking this course
Identify the 2 statements that correctly describe "the strength of weak ties."
-Weak ties provide benefits that strong ties do not. -Weak ties have valuable information
Fourteen-year-old Janae feels depressed, and instead of going out with her friends on a Friday night, she stays in watching Netflix and checking social media. This behavior might make Janae feel _________. According to researchers at the University of Chicago, when social media is used as an escape mechanism to avoid the social world, it can ________.
-Worse -Increase
The differences between a group and a __________ is whether the members identify with one another and whether interaction is temporary or permanent.
Crowd
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.