Question 1

Rationality involves people sharing the same values and performing the same tasks.

Accepted Answer

FALSE

Answer

TRUE

Question 2

Competition occurs when two or more people oppose each other to achieve a goal that only one can attain.

Accepted Answer

TRUE

Answer

FALSE

Question 3

A father leaves a important meeting to attend his daughter's first soccer game, he is experiencing role exit

Accepted Answer

FALSE

Answer

TRUE

Question 4

An in group represents people whom an individual admires for their talents and abilities

Accepted Answer

FALSE

Answer

TRUE

Question 5

A triad is a group with at least two members.

Accepted Answer

FALSE

Answer

TRUE

Question 6

In which type of society does the main form of food production involve collecting wild plants and hunting wild animals?

Accepted Answer

hunting and gathering

Answer

agricultural

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pastoral

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horticultural

Question 7

What is urbanization?

Accepted Answer

concentration of population in cities

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reduction in population

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concentration of population in rural areas

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constuction of tall buildings

Question 8

A state of balance between cooperation and conflict is

Accepted Answer

accommodation

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bureaucracy

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exchange

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social network

Question 9

What is conflict?

Accepted Answer

the deliberate attempt to oppose someone

Answer

none of these

Answer

2 or more groups oppose each other; achieve a goal that only one can attain

Answer

a cease fire established between two entities at war

Question 10

Which statement describes reciprocity best?

Accepted Answer

doing something for someone after that person had done something for you

Answer

the action of choosing an option that is satisfactory for two or more peopl

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the action of temporarily stopping violence b/t two nations at war

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the deliberate attempt to control a person or group by force

Question 11

Which is a group with statuses and roles that are organized to satisfy one or more basic needs of a society?

Accepted Answer

social institution

Answer

social network

Answer

in-group

Answer

reference group

Question 12

Which are examples of social interaction that take place throughout the world?

Accepted Answer

both a and b

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neither a nor b

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conflict and accommodation

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exchange and competition

Question 13

The exchange of good and services

Accepted Answer

barter

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labor

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ubanization

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accomodation

Question 14

The specialization by individuals or groups in the performance of specific economic activities is

Accepted Answer

division of labor

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urbanization

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mechanical solidarity

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barter

Question 15

When people gather in the same place at the same time but lack social organization or lasting patterns of interaction

Accepted Answer

an aggregate

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neither A nor B

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both A and B

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a primary group

Question 16

Society using technology to provide for the needs of its members

Accepted Answer

subsistence strategy

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secondary group

Answer

social category

Answer

dyad

Question 17

Which of the following groups tend to influence the attitudes and opinions of others?

Accepted Answer

leaders

Answer

dyads

Answer

aggregates

Answer

triads

Question 18

Which of the following is true of a formal group?

Accepted Answer

it has structure

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it does not set goals

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it is large

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it has no rules of conduct

Question 19

Sociologists suggest that the largest number of people who can work well in one small group is about

Accepted Answer

15

Answer

7

Answer

3

Answer

10

Question 20

Which of the following is NOT a feature used to define a group?

Accepted Answer

aggregate

Answer

shared expectations

Answer

interaction

Answer

common identity

Question 21

Which term is used to describe a two person group?

Accepted Answer

dyad

Answer

triad

Answer

primary group

Answer

secondary group

Question 22

What is a reference group?

Accepted Answer

a group of people with whom individuals identify

Answer

a group of people who influence opinions in society

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a group of people with whom most people avoid contact

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a group of people who set rules and standards for everyone

Question 23

Which of the following involves subjecting every feature of human behavior to calculation, measurement, and control?

Accepted Answer

rationality

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bureaucracy

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associaition

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alienation

Question 24

Which term best describes an oligarchy?

Accepted Answer

power in the hands of a few people

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rapid growth and innovation

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interaction on the Internet

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complex relationships among groups of about 10 people

Question 25

What is the rule described in the The Peter Principle?

Accepted Answer

Employees in a bureaucracy are promoted to positions; little ability

Answer

Employee work expands to fill the time available for its completion

Answer

Organizations become increasingly dominated by small groups of people

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Employees feel disconnected from their work and from the workplace.

Question 26

Which of the following in NOT an example of ascribed status?

Accepted Answer

knowledge

Answer

age

Answer

race

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gender

Question 27

Going through a divorce is an example of...

Accepted Answer

role exit

Answer

role conflict

Answer

role strain

Answer

role set

Question 28

Which of the following is an example of a role conflict?

Accepted Answer

an employee must stay home to take care of their sick child

Answer

a person goes through a divorce and starts dating again

Answer

none of these

Answer

a boss must make employees work harder and maintain good morale

Question 29

Which of the following terms describes people working together?

Accepted Answer

cooperation

Answer

competition

Answer

all of these

Answer

conflict

Question 30

Which in NOT an example of accommodation?

Accepted Answer

cooperation

Answer

mediation

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truce

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compromise

Question 31

Gemeinschaft is a German word for...

Accepted Answer

community

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society

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barter

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solidarity

Question 32

The smallest group possible is...

Accepted Answer

one person

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a dyad

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a triad

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an aggregate

Question 33

MySpace and Facebook are examples of...

Accepted Answer

an electronic community

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a formal group

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a primary group

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a triad

Question 34

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic  of Max Weber's model of bureaucracy?

Accepted Answer

growing alienation

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specific lines of promotion

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written rules and regulations

Answer

divsion of labor

Question 35

Occurs when two or more people or groups work together to achieve a goal that will benefit more than one person.

Accepted Answer

cooperation

Answer

conflict

Answer

exchange theory

Answer

competition

Question 36

Exchange theorists believe that people interact primarily to receive...

Accepted Answer

rewards

Answer

money

Answer

education

Answer

status

Question 37

Many agricultural societies abandon barter to facilitate trade and instead use ------ as the medium of exchange.

Accepted Answer

money

Answer

status

Answer

animals

Answer

gifts

Question 38

The term Gesellschaft means --- in which group solidarity is strong but relationships are somewhat impersonal.

Accepted Answer

society

Answer

cooperation

Answer

aggregate

Answer

community

Question 39

Leaders are tasked oriented and find specific means to reach goals

Accepted Answer

instrumental

Answer

group

Answer

Primary group

Answer

Out-group

Question 40

A three person group?

Accepted Answer

triad

Answer

secondary group

Answer

dyad

Answer

primary group

Question 41

A socially defined position in a group or in society?

Accepted Answer

status

Answer

secondary group

Answer

role

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master status

Question 42

The network of interrelated statuses and roles that guide human interaction?

Accepted Answer

social structure

Answer

primary group

Answer

group

Answer

status

Question 43

A group in which interaction is impersonal and temporary in nature.

Accepted Answer

secondary group

Answer

formal organization

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out-group

Answer

primary group

Question 44

A large, complex, secondary group that has been established to achieve specific goals.

Accepted Answer

formal organization

Answer

secondary group

Answer

secondary organization

Answer

primary group

Question 45

Interaction undertaken in an effort to receive a reward or return

Accepted Answer

exchange

Answer

voluntary association

Answer

master status

Answer

exchange theory

Question 46

A set of people who possess some degree of common identity, and who interact on the basis of shared expectations.

Accepted Answer

group

Answer

out-group

Answer

primary group

Answer

secondary group

Question 47

The tendency of organizations to become increasingly dominated by small groups of people.

Accepted Answer

iron law of oligarchy

Answer

bureaucracy

Answer

exchange

Answer

group

Question 48

Occurs when a person has difficulty meeting the role expectations of a single status.

Accepted Answer

role strain

Answer

competition

Answer

role conflict

Answer

exchange

Question 49

People who influence the attitudes and opinions of others.

Accepted Answer

leaders

Answer

out leaders

Answer

primary group

Answer

in leaders

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