Sociology Week 3

Darius, Anthony, and TJ all get together after school each day and play badminton together.  This is an example of...

• Dyad
• Groupthink
• Triad

Changing your opinions to match that of a certain political party is...

• political agreement
• uniformity
• conformity
• group thinking

What role do secondary groups play in society?

• They are transactional, task-based, and short-term, filling practical needs.

• They provide a social network that allows people to compare themselves to others.

• The members give and receive emotional support.

• They allow individuals to challenge their beliefs and prejudices.

What is a group whose values, norms, and beliefs come to serve as a standard for one's own

behavior?

• Secondary group

• Formal organization

• Reference group

• Primary group

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

• A primary group is small, consisting of emotional face-to-face relationships; a secondary group is larger and impersonal.

• A primary group is small and impersonal; a secondary group is large and consists of face-to-face relationships.

• A primary group is large and impersonal; a secondary group is small, consisting of emotional, face-to-face relationships.

• A primary group is large and impersonal; a secondary group is small and purely instrumental in function.

When Michael starts high school, he joins the basketball team. He begins to look to his teammate friends for cues on how to behave at dances, in the hallways, and even in the classroom. Michael’s basketball team is serving as Michael’s _____.

• out-group

• reference group

• aggregate

• secondary group

Kellan wants to shop at Express for the new school year, but because all of his friends shop at Pacific Sun, Kellan does as well. Kellan’s behavior is an example of:

• non-conformity

• impersonality

• conformity

• habitualization

People who share similar characteristics, who are not connected in any way are an example of a

• group

• category

• aggregate

• clique

When a group a person belongs to and feels is an integral part of his/her identity, it is known as a/an

• in-group

• out-group

• clique

• reference group

The School Board Members in Gadsden County met to vote on changing the dress code to allow students more variation in the school uniform. The board members voted against the proposal without discussing the potential benefits of such a change. Each member just conformed to what they believed was the consensus of the group. Because there was no objective thought in their decision, this reflects:

• Autocraticism
• Groupthink
• Democracy
• Social Capital