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151. __________________ groups often emerge in the workplace among those who share special understandings about their occupation ?
- A. primary
- B. secondary
- C. out-groups
- D. formal organizations
Explanation: Secondary groups are larger, more impersonal, and usually organised around particular goals or activities, such as workplace occupations. Shared occupational understandings can develop within these task-oriented relationships.
Correct answer: secondary152. Some groups are neither clearly primary nor secondary but are intermediate with some features of each usually formed for performing some task They are called______________?
- A. Intermediate groups
- B. Tertiary groups
- C. Task-groups
- D. None of these
Explanation: Task groups occupy a middle position between primary and secondary groups: they are formed to accomplish a specific objective but may also develop personal interaction and some emotional ties. Their defining feature is their task-oriented purpose.
Correct answer: Task-groups153. Secondary groups are judged by them ?
- A. Sociability
- B. Performance
- C. Emotional satisfaction
- D. None of these
Explanation: Secondary groups are organised around goals and roles, so members are mainly evaluated by their effectiveness or performance. Emotional satisfaction and sociability are more characteristic criteria in primary groups.
Correct answer: Performance154. In primary groups social contacts are____________?
- A. formal
- B. informal
- C. Social
- D. None of these
Explanation: Primary groups, such as families and close friendship circles, involve personal, face-to-face and usually informal contacts. Formal contacts are characteristic of secondary groups and organisations.
Correct answer: informal155. In modern society people belong to so many groups that a number of their in-group and out-group relationships overlap It has given the members of society a wide spectrum of___________?
- A. behavior learning
- B. socialization
- C. both a & b
- D. None of these
Explanation: Overlapping in-group and out-group memberships expose people to varied expectations and responses, producing a broad spectrum of behaviour. Socialisation is the process through which behaviour is learned, not the spectrum itself.
Correct answer: behavior learning156. In-groups and out-groups_______________?
- A. can be thought of as "we-groups" and "they -groups " respectively
- B. highlight the importance of family ties
- C. are almost always based on territory (e.g. a neighborhood or nation-state)
- D. are easily bridged by those who wish to share the other groups identity
Explanation: An in-group is experienced as “we,” while an out-group is viewed as “they.” The distinction can arise from many bases, including occupation, religion, ethnicity, or nationality, so it is not limited to family or territory.
Correct answer: can be thought of as "we-groups" and "they -groups " respectively157. Which of the following statements accurately describes the importance of groups in social life ?
- A. The social support and feedback of others hinders us as we try to confront difficulties
- B. Accidents alcoholism psychiatric disorders tuberculosis and even death rates are higher among people who live with more than seven others in a group living situation
- C. The most effective strategy for undergraduate success is to abstain from group interaction because it slows down one's individual learning process
- D. Support groups have been found to add an average of 18 months to the lives of women in advanced stages of cancer
Explanation: Support groups provide emotional support, practical help and positive feedback, which can improve coping and health. Research has found that such support may extend the lives of women with advanced cancer, making option d the accurate statement.
Correct answer: Support groups have been found to add an average of 18 months to the lives of women in advanced stages of cancer158. Scientific theories in the nineteenth century tried to explain race in naturalistic terms Which of the following ideas was not considered ?
- A. genetics
- B. evolution
- C. height
- D. brain size
Explanation: Nineteenth-century racial theories commonly invoked evolution, heredity or genetics, and brain size to give racial classifications a naturalistic basis. Height was not a standard central explanation in this context.
Correct answer: height159. Which sociologist writing in 1906 noted that individuals make distinctions between members of their own group (thein-group) and everyone else (the out-group) ?
- A. Charles Horton Cooley
- B. Emile Durkheim
- C. William I. Thomas
- D. William Graham Sumner
Explanation: William Graham Sumner introduced the terms in-group and out-group in his 1906 work Folkways. An in-group is viewed as 'we,' while outsiders are viewed as 'they' or the out-group.
Correct answer: William Graham Sumner160. Which of the following statements about small groups is correct________________?
- A. all small groups are primary groups
- B. all small groups are secondary groups
- C. many small groups differ from primary groups in that they do not necessarily offer the intimate personal relationships characteristic of primary groups
- D. both b and c
Explanation: Small size alone does not make a group a primary group. Some small groups are organized around limited purposes and lack the intimate, enduring relationships characteristic of primary groups.
Correct answer: many small groups differ from primary groups in that they do not necessarily offer the intimate personal relationships characteristic of primary groups