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Category: Social Groups
In modern society people belong to so many groups that a number of their in-group and out-group relationships overlap It has given the members of society a wide spectrum of___________?
A. behavior learning
B. socialization
C. both a & b
D. None of these
When individuals work in groups they ?
A. work harder than when they work alone
B. may engage in social loafing
C. feel they must work harder to prove their value to the group
D. may engage in intergroup relativism
Which term describes a society in which women can marry more than one husband at a time but men may marry only one wife at a time ?
A. monogamy
B. polygamy
C. polygyny
D. polyandry
Parsons argued that the two main functions of the modern family were ?
A. secondary socialization and strict discipline
B. emotional support and sexual gratification
C. primary socialization and personality stabilization
D. oppressing women and reproducing the labor force
Which of the following statements about small groups is correct________________?
A. all small groups are primary groups
B. all small groups are secondary groups
C. many small groups differ from primary groups in that they do not necessarily offer the intimate personal relationships characteristic of primary groups
D. both b and c
The Prisoners Dilemma Game simulates a situation in which_____________?
A. both partners can benefit if each play competitively
B. both partners can benefit if each plays cooperative
C. you are more likely to employ a cooperative strategy if your partner exhibits cooperation early and consistently
D. neither you nor your partner can win
We are not equally involved in all our in-groups To measure the degree of closeness or acceptance we feel toward other groups Bogardus developed a concept called______________?
A. Measuring acceptance
B. closeness degree
C. Social distance
D. None of these
The purpose of a reference group is to serve a (n)_________________?
A. normative function by enforcing standards of conduct and belief
B. comparison function by serving as a standard against which people can measure themselves and others
C. elimination function by dissolving groups that no longer have a social purpose
D. both a and b
Some groups are neither clearly primary nor secondary but are intermediate with some features of each usually formed for performing some task They are called______________?
A. Intermediate groups
B. Tertiary groups
C. Task-groups
D. None of these
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