Exam 5: Social Groups and Formal Organizations

What leadership style is BEST?

When the former Soviet Union collapsed,NATO forces were no longer needed to protect Europe from a communist invasion. Rather than disband NATO,it was turned into a "rapid response force" to fight terrorism. Sociologists would call this shift in focus an example of ________.

Different situations require that different styles of leadership be used to meet the primary goals of the group. Imagine a tour group that is lost in the desert. Which type of leadership would be BEST for the tour guide to adopt?

In which group would there be the greatest number of relationships?

As the leader of a growing organization,you recognize the tendency for members of such groups to feel less intimacy and less responsibility as the number of members in your organization increases. What strategies could you adopt to counteract these trends while your organization continues to grow?

What are some of the dysfunctions of an in-group?

In which group would diffusion of responsibility be the greatest concern?

How groups influence individuals and how individuals influence groups is referred to as ________.

__________ refer(s)to preconceived ideas of what someone is like- that in turn leads the person to behave in ways that match them.

There are New York Yankee fans in every state in America,throughout Canada,and in nations all over the world. Sociologically,which concept BEST describes these fans?

Bureaucracies tend to perpetuate their existence,even after their initial purpose has been fulfilled,through a process called bureaucratic ritualism.

What is the "small world phenomenon"? How does this phenomenon relate to social networks?

Reference groups are reserved for members of professional networks and are utilized almost exclusively by people with career aspirations.

Although larger than primary groups,secondary groups are as informal,personal,and intimate as primary groups.

What is the Peter principle?

Why don't aggregates and categories qualify as social groups?

According to Georg Simmel,which of the following groups is the MOST unstable?

Which phrase became synonymous with the research Stanley Milgram conducted on "the small world phenomenon"?

Because primary groups are essential to our emotional well-being,they have been called "the springs of life."

Because of our sense of belonging and loyalty to in-groups,we often judge our own group's traits as virtues,but view the same traits in other groups as vices. This judgment of superiority is an example of ________.