Question 1

What are the three different types of authority identified by Max Weber? Explain each.

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Question 2

What was the Asch experiment? What conclusions did Asch draw from it? What have researchers in recent decades found when trying to replicate Asch's results?

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Question 3

Imagine that you are in charge of a football team. Several of the players including the quarterback and the running back get most of the glory when the team succeeds. However, other players, such as the linebackers, have to do a lot of hard and highly skilled work in order for the team to win. Use the insights you have gained from Chapter 5 to describe what steps you would take to motivate the linebackers to work hard.

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Question 4

What is the Twenty Statements Test? Why was it developed? What does it analyze?

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Question 5

Describe the three types of conformity that can result from peer pressure.

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Question 6

Actual group productivity can never equal potential productivity, according to social psychologist Ivan Steiner. Why can groups never achieve their full productivity potential?

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Question 7

Identify and describe the specific organizational characteristics that Max Weber associated with bureaucracies.

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Question 8

What does George Ritzer mean by "the McDonaldization of society"?

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Question 9

What is social loafing? How could it affect a group of college students working on a group presentation? What would be some possible solutions for preventing this problem?

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Question 10

Explain how reference groups influence individual behavior. Give an example of a reference group in your own life.

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Question 11

What is groupthink and how does it work? Provide an example from the textbook.

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Question 12

In 2007, the rock band Nine Inch Nails announced that it had severed all ties with the record industry. The front man, Trent Reznor, announced that "Nine Inch Nails is now totally a free agent" and that it was a "great pleasure to be able to finally have a direct relationship with the audience as I see fit." The band went on to release a free album on the Internet and encouraged web surfers to "remix it, share it with your friends, post it on your blog, play it on your podcast, give it to strangers, etc." In what ways can the band's actions be understood as a reaction to the negative aspects of bureaucracy?

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Quiz 5: Separate and Together: Life in Groups