Which of the following statements about small groups is correct________________?

Related Mcqs:

1. Prohibiting intermarriage across ethnic groups the physical separation of groups and restrictions on contact between ethnic groups are examples of______________?

   A. resource allocation
   B. ethnocentrism
   C. discrimination
   D. group closure

2. Which of the following conducted observation research on two groups of high school males-the Saints and the Roughnecks-and concluded that social class played an important role in the varying fortunes of the two groups ?

   A. Richard Quincy
   B. Edwin Sutherland
   C. Emile Durkheim
   D. William Chambliss

3. 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

4. Which of the following statements is true of reference groups ?

   A. They are membership groups
   B. They provide comparative but not normative functions
   C. Those which do not match membership groups may create feelings of relative deprivation
   D. They are groups to which we refer in our conversations

5. We are not equally involved in all our in-groups To measure the degree of closeness or acceptance we feel toward other groups Bogardus developed a concept called______________?

   A. Measuring acceptance
   B. closeness degree
   C. Social distance
   D. None of these

6. The destructive consequences of tensions between in-groups and out-groups are stressed by____________?

   A. functionalists
   B. conflict theorists
   C. interactionists
   D. classical theorists

7. 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 of primary groups
   D. both b and c

8. The destructive consequences of tensions between in-groups and out-groups are stressed by ?

   A. functionalists
   B. conflict theorists
   C. interactionists
   D. classical theorists

9. Groups are of two types the more close and intimate groups is_____________?

   A. Secondary
   B. Primary
   C. Both a &
   D. None of these

10. Which of the following social groups do occupational class schemes not have difficulty accommodating ?

    A. students
    B. manual working class
    C. the unemployed
    D. retired people