A. bureaucracies
B. formal organizations
C. informal organizations
D. task hierarchies
Social Groups
Which of the following is not a reason for the rise in single households in Europe ?
A. social resistance to cohabitation
B. the trend towards later marriages
C. the high rate of divorce
D. an ageing population with a growing number of households made up of widows/widowers
Which of the following statements is true of reference groups ?
A. They are membership groups
B. They provide comparative but not normative functions
C. Those which do not match membership groups may create feelings of relative deprivation
D. They are groups to which we refer in our conversations
Which of the following statements accurately describes the importance of groups in social life ?
A. The social support and feedback of others hinders us as we try to confront difficulties
B. Accidents alcoholism psychiatric disorders tuberculosis and even death rates are higher among people who live with more than seven others in a group living situation
C. The most effective strategy for undergraduate success is to abstain from group interaction because it slows down one’s individual learning process
D. Support groups have been found to add an average of 18 months to the lives of women in advanced stages of cancer
What is the term for associations that members enter and leave freely ?
A. coercive organizations
B. total institutions
C. utilitarian organizations
D. voluntary organizations
In “Gesellschaft” the society of tradition is replaced with the society of ______________?
A. Impersonal relations
B. Contract
C. Modern ideas
D. None of these
Ethnic identity refers to______________?
A. the objective categories of ethnicity used in the census
B. a felt sense of group of group membership on basis of religion language or history
C. the imposition of a racial label on a minority by a powerful majority
D. the fragmented and pluralistic nature of ethnicity
Personality is formed in_______________?
A. Primary group
B. Secondary group
C. Both groups
D. None of these
Domestic violence is physical abuse by one family member against another which two of the following are most likely to be victims of such abuse ?
A. female partners/spouses and older relatives
B. male partners/spouses and children
C. female partners/spouses and children
D. older relatives and children
Which of the following is NOT one of the seven characteristics of Weber,s ideal type of bureaucracy ?
A. clear-cut division of labor
B. pyramidal hierarchy of authority
C. qualifications based on “whom you know”
D. written record of decisions rules procedures and activities
