Sociology 6

What term best applies to people who share a culture and a territory?

What are the two characteristics a people must share to qualify as a society?

Which society is characterized as being the most egalitarian and nomadic?

The first social revolution occurred during which stage in the evolution of societies?

What was the impetus for the first social revolution?

Which society was the first to develop permanent settlements?

With the domestication of plants and animals, a number of significant social changes occurred. All of the following represent one of these changes, EXCEPT for which one?

Which of the following set the stage for the emergence of the earliest form of social inequality?

The "dawn of civilization" is most associated with which social revolution?

The plow was to the second social revolution as the ________ was to the third social revolution.

Why did the creation of the industrial society lead to greater social inequality?

A society that is based on the harnessing of machines powered by fuels is called a(n) ________ society.

What is the key feature of postindustrial societies as it relates to the work force?

Which was the first nation to have an excess of 50 percent of its workforce in service industries?

Some social analysts believe that postindustrial society will be followed by a biotech society. Such a society would be characterized by ________.

The ________ is to the postindustrial society as the ________ is to the emerging biotech society.

In Professor Jones' social problems course, the students interact freely with one another, think of themselves as "Dr. J's class," and feel they are significant because of their mutual interest in social reform. Which concept best describes Dr. Jones' class?

A group characterized by intimate, long-term, face-to-face association and cooperation is referred to as a ________.

Of the following groups, the ________ plays the most significant role in the development of the self.

If a secondary group does not satisfy one's need for intimate association, which of the following is most likely to occur?

Kody is a member of the L.A. Crips. The other gangs in his territory are the Bloods and Satan's Slaves. Kody feels very antagonistic towards the Bloods and the Slaves. For Kody, these two rival gangs would be considered ________.

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 ________.

For many college professors, their own teachers served as role models. Kody Scott looked up to older gang members as his idols. In both cases, former teachers and older gang members qualify as being ________.

________ are the social ties that radiate outward from the self and link people together.

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

Jane, Mark, Courtney, and Kelly are enrolled in the 8:00 a.m. sociology course at their college. After studying together for the first test, they started sitting together in class and chose to work together on group projects. During spring break, they decided to go on a trip as a group. These four students would be considered members of a(n) ________.

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

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

In any group of three members, two of the three may have a tendency to alienate the third member and dominate the decision making for the group the trio represents. When this occurs, what term best applies to the two unified members?

How does the structure and function of groups change as they grow in size?

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

A phenomenon of group dynamics that results in a decrease in one's willingness to help others as the size of the group increases is referred to as ________.

Who conducted the classic experiment addressing the power of peer pressure that included six stooges and one actual test subject viewing cards with lines of varying length?

What did Solomon Asch's experiment on group conformity demonstrate?

What did Stanley Milgram's teacher-learner experiment demonstrate?

The concept of "groupthink" was developed by ________.

How would an organization minimize the occurrence of groupthink?