Chapter 5 Groups And Organizations: Quick Quiz

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Chapter 5 Quick Quiz

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1.

A social group includes any collection of individuals.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
2.

People are better able to meet their needs for food, shelter, and security when they work together rather than alone.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
3.

Groups ensure conformity of their members by using:
- A.
  
  Identity control
- B.
  
  Power of division
- C.
  
  Internalized norms
- D.
  
  All of the above
4.

Because their contributions are considered so valuable, high status members of groups may earn permission from the group to break some rules. This permission is known as:
- A.
  
  Synchronicity credit
- B.
  
  Hypocrisy credit
- C.
  
  Idiosyncrasy credit
- D.
  
  Get out of jail free card
5.

Any group that a person admires enough to use as a standard for his or her own identity can be called a:
- A.
  
  Peer group
- B.
  
  Reference group
- C.
  
  Primary group
- D.
  
  Secondary group
6.

Blending into a faceless crowd or being lost in a bureaucratic role are examples of:
- A.
  
  Distance
- B.
  
  Division
- C.
  
  Dehumanization
- D.
  
  Deindividuation
7.

The financial rewards of an education differ by race and gender. Which of the following statements is false?
- A.
  
  On average, yearly income rises with each advance in education for all racial categories and for both men and women.
- B.
  
  On average, Asian Americans receive greater financial rewards than equally educated white Americans.*
- C.
  
  On average, it is a greater financial disadvantage to be a woman than to be a person of color.
- D.
  
  Even among doctors and lawyers, the race and gender differences in financial compensation are significant.
8.

A preference for homogeneity means that people are likely to want employees, friends, and marriage partners who:
- A.
  
  Are like themselves
- B.
  
  Have higher social status than themselves
- C.
  
  Have unique social resources to share
- D.
  
  Fit media images of desirability
9.

According to Weber, which of the following is not an advantage provided by a typical bureaucracy (e.g., a work place)?
- A.
  
  Formation of friendships
- B.
  
  Efficiency in production
- C.
  
  Consistency of behavior
- D.
  
  Neutrality in decision-making
10.

Some Western businesses have been humanized by adopting Japanese business practices. Which of the following Japanese practices has been the favorite for Western adoption?
- A.
  
  Lifelong commitment between worker and employer
- B.
  
  Merging of work and personal life
- C.
  
  Bottom-up, collective decision-making
- D.
  
  Seniority-based pay (rather than performance-based)