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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A An illusion of unanimity
B Allowing in outside expert opinion
C An illusion of invulnerability
D Discouragement of dissenting opinion
Question #2
A U.S. entry into World War II after the Pearl Harbor attack
B The Johnson administration’s 1967 decision to start the War on Poverty
C The Obama administration’s decision to reform health care
D Underestimation of the threat of terrorism prior to the 9/11 attacks
Question #3
A The students acting in the roles of prisoners and guards did not take the experiment seriously, so it was discontinued early.
B When upper-class students were put in the role of prisoner, they were not abused as much as the working-class students in the same role.
C Without being told to do so, students playing the role of guards behaved sadistically toward the students in the role of prisoners.
D The findings were not significant in terms of how people adapt to roles of authority.
Question #4
A people conform only up to a certain point but will not violate moral or ethical standards.
B people will not conform when they believe their behavior will harm another person.
C there is a significant difference between what people believe they will do and how they actually behave.
D women are less likely to engage in behavior that is potentially harmful for others than men are.
Question #5
A even rather gentle pressure was sufficient to cause an astonishing rise in the number of wrong answers.
B there is no real pressure to conform in most situations.
C the majority of people make up their minds for themselves and stick to those opinions.
D most people would not bend to the opinions of others without a great deal of anger and argument.
Question #6
A an attribute of society.
B always a secondary group.
C the opposite of an in-group.
D created by the existence of an in-group.
Question #7
A Reference groups; attribution groups
B Dyads; triads
C In-groups; out-groups
D Primary groups; secondary groups
Question #8
A The influence of a reference group may be positive or negative.
B One does not belong to a reference group.
C Reference groups always provide good role models.
D Identification with a social group can strongly influence self-esteem.
Question #9
A Secondary groups; primary groups
B Primary groups; secondary groups
C Triads; dyads
D Categories; secondary groups
Question #10
A Neighbors
B Teachers
C Family
D Classmates
Question #11
A a triad is an unstable social grouping, whereas dyads are relatively stable.
B the size of the group has no effect on interaction.
C adding a third person to a dyad has no effect on the stability of the group.
D a dyad is basically an unstable social grouping.
Question #12
A emergence of coalitions.
B predisposition for primary groups to be small
C likelihood of dyads to be stable.
D tendency for triads to develop into a pair and an isolate.
Question #13
A All eighteen-year-olds
B Lori’s sociology class
C A married couple
D John’s parents and John
Question #14
A five
B seven
C two
D one
Question #15
A A shared definition allows sociologists from around the world to collaborate.
B Having a shared definition helps in understanding the behavior of people in society.
C If all sociologists cannot agree on a definition of groups, then groups cannot exist.
D Groups are a very simple aspect of sociology; the definition makes them seem more academic.