Sociology Chapter 6

The United States Government is a form of:

A bureaucracy

A total institution can be defined as:

An organization in which participants live a controlled lifestyle and in which resocialization occurs.

The McDonaldization of Society refers to:

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

The concept "reference group" can be defined as:

Groups to which an individual compares himself and herself.

The term meritocracy is defined by the text as:

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

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

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

An instrumental leader:

Is goal-oriental and largely concerned with accomplishing set tasks.

What is the difference between a primary group and a secondary?

A primary group

Solomon Asch concluded that one reason people conform to a group is because they believe:

The group is better informed than they are.

A famous socialite is court-ordered to enter a rehabilitation center o eliminate her drug addiction. The socialite is about to become a member of a:

Coercive Organization