Chapter 5 Review - Life in Groups

Sociologically, what is the difference between a group and a crowd?

• Individuals associated with a group don’t share any common attributes.

• Individuals associated with a group feel a shared identity and have ongoing social relations.

• Individuals associated with a group don’t have ongoing social relations.

• Individuals associated with a crowd remain in contact.

An example of an aggregate is a

• college sports team.

• line of people waiting to buy movie tickets.

• school’s parent-teacher association.

• book club.

All green-eyed people in the United States would be classified as a(n)

• category.

• crowd.

• aggregate.

• group.

An individual belongs to a ________ if the members are mostly anonymous to one another.

• secondary group.

• primary group.

• crowd.

• social network.

________ are where much of our socialization occurs.

• Primary Groups

• Out-Groups

• Aggregates

• Secondary Groups

Members of a fraternity believe that they help create social cohesion by bringing together students with shared values. What perspective best describes their views?

• symbolic interactionism

• • coercive power

• structural functionalism

• conflict theory

What kind of leadership style is typically expected of women in contemporary society?

• expressive

• rational

• family

• proscriptive

During the COVID-19 lockdowns in the spring of 2020, Tana had much fewer social interactions than before, and she began to feel disconnected from society. A sociologist would say that Tana was experiencing

• groupthink.

• weak ties.

• anomie.

• peer pressure.

Which of the following companies did George Ritzer view as emblematic of the spread of bureaucratic rationalization?

• Dunkin Donuts

• Taco Bell

• • Costco

• • McDonald's

People attend high school class reunions and often compare their own personal and professional successes and failures with those of their former classmates. This means that classmates are a(n) ________ group.

• reference.

• secondary

• professional

• identity.