Test Review Sheet

 

This is a twenty (15) point assignment.  Answer all questions and define and discuss all terms and people.  DO NOT WRITE ANSWERS ON THIS SHEET.  USE LINED PAPER.   WRITE ANSWERS OUT IN FULL SENTENCES OR REWRITE THE QUESTION BEORE YOU ANSWER IT.

 

Chapter 06

 

Terms / People  (this part is worth 5 points)

(The following terms and people will be on the test somewhere in multiple choice questions.)
  1. group
  2. category
  3. aggregate
  4. horticultural society
  5. agricultural society
  6. pastoral society
  7. hunting and gathering society
  8. egalitarian
  9. industrial society
  10. post-industrial society
  11. bioeconomic society
  12. clique
  13. primary group
  14. secondary group
  15. reference group
  16. in groups
  17. out groups
  18. social networks
  19. networking
  20. group dynamics
  21. dyad
  22. triad
  23. Stanley Milgram
  24. Irving Janis
  25. groupthink
  26. Solomon Asch

 

There will be a matching section with the following terms in it: (you do not need to redo items that appear above in the list.)

 

Society             pastoral society horticultural society                   agricultural society

Aggregate         category                       in-group                                   out-group

Reference group                                   clique                                       social network

Dyad                leader                           groupthink

 

Sociology Chapter 06 test review assignment.

Questions (this part of the assignment is worth 10 points)

 

  1. what is the largest and most complex type of group called?
  2. which type of society has the fewest social divisions?
  3. which type of society was the first to develop permanent settlements?
  4. Discuss the effects of the domestication of plants and animals.
  5. when did the “dawn of civilization” occur?
  6. What kind of society is based on the harnessing of machines powered by fuels?
  7. what are the keys to the post industrial society and bioeconomic society?
  8. provide examples of categories.
  9. What did Charles Horton Cooley characterize as being the “springs of life”?
  10. what type of group is the most unstable?
  11. what happens to groups as they grow in size?
  12. According to the idea of diffusion of responsibility, how would people act in terms of helping others?
  13. how many relationships exist in a group of 2? 3? 4? 5? 6? 7? 8?
  14. which traits are most characteristic of being a leader? Least characteristic of being a leader?
  15. what is an instrumental leader’s responsibility to the group?
  16. what is an expressive leader’s responsibility to the group?
  17. what is an authoritarian leader?
  18. what is a laissez-faire style of leader?
  19. what is a democratic style of leader?
  20. Describe the Solomon Asch experiment.  What were the results?