Exam 5: Groups and Networks

Which of the following statements best describes the difference between in-groups and out-groups?

A local organization values democracy and diversity and therefore solicits input on every decision it makes and uses recruiting strategies that are likely to attract a wide variety of applicants.These beliefs and behaviors are part of the:

Weak ties are valuable parts of a social network because:

Why might acquaintances prove to be more important in the job search process than our family and friends (as is argued in the "strength of weak ties" thesis)? Make sure you discuss how/why embeddedness matters.

The study that analyzed the sexual networks of teens at 12 high schools is an example of how network analysis can inform transmission phenomena such as the spread of sexually transmitted infections (STIs).An advantage of network analysis over interpretive sociology is that it can:

Define in-groups and out-groups,and give one example of each.

____________ is/are the information,knowledge of people or things,and connections that help individuals enter preexisting networks or gain power from them.

Marina is a ten-year-old girl who idolizes singers like Mariah Carey and Christina Aguilera.She compares herself to them and imitates them while singing in front of her bedroom mirror.These singers are known as Marina's:

In contrast to Putnam's claims that civic engagement (and social capital)has declined,sociologist Robert Wuthnow contends that:

What appears to be the main reason for the success of Amish businesses when compared to other U.S.businesses?

Summarize Simmel's work on dyads and triads.

The ways in which power and authority are distributed hierarchically within an organization are called:

Which of the following is true regarding the applicability of network analysis within sociological research?

The flagship university in your state recently completed a new state-of-the-art student center,complete with bowling alleys,fast-food outlets,group study space,and the latest green technology.Shortly after it was finished,almost every other university in your state began clamoring for a new student center,too.How would the theory of institutional isomorphism explain this?

Emma is hoping to secure an internship with an engineering firm this summer.She's talked with friends and family,but they have not been able to provide her with any helpful contacts.Emma runs into her former aerobics instructor,whom she hasn't seen in several years,and her instructor offers to put her in contact with an engineering friend of hers.This is an example of what concept?

You have six friends over to your apartment for dinner and drinks.Three of the friends are discussing Einstein's theory of relativity,while the other three are talking about the World Cup.According to Simmel,is this a party yet?

The example of how real estate agents earn money by contractually maintaining or creating distance or contact between potential buyers and sellers highlights which of the following?

What is isomorphism? Give one example.

Your introduction to sociology class is probably which of the following types of groups identified by Cooley?

A general rule found in research,known as "no cycles of four" within two romantic heterosexual couples,is that people rarely date the ex-partner of their own ex-partner's new boy- or girlfriend.What explanation is given for this finding?