A. commuters riding a train
B. spectators watching the construction of a building
C. lines of people at a supermarket checkout counter
D. softball players performing in a playoff tournament
Related Mcqs:
- “The ability of one individual or group to control the actions of another individual or group without the latter’s consent” is a definition of____________?
A. coercion
B. violence
C. power
D. force - Another way of saying that position in a group are value-rated by group members is_______________?
A. statuses are ascribed
B. authority is hierarchical
C. statuses are ranked
D. roles are scripted - When a minority group accepts the culture of the dominant group it is called_______________?
A. accommodation
B. acculturation
C. amalgamation
D. assimilation - An anthropologist living with a group of people and engaging in some of their rituals is using the following research method ?
A. sample survey
B. participant observation
C. statistical survey
D. experiment - Which of the following is likely to be an involuntary group? The____________?
A. Boston Bruins
B. Ku Klux Klan
C. campaign staff working for presidential candidate
D. the Smith family - Which of the following would fit Charles Horton Cooley’s classification of a primary group ?
A. Redheads
B. Tourists visiting a resort
C. A married couple
D. A sales clerk and a customer - An intensive study of an individual or a small group is made by using the following research method ?
A. case study
B. cross sectional sample
C. longitudinal sample
D. experiment - Which of the following is NOT an interest group ?
A. The National Rifle Association
B. The American Association of Retired people
C. Lobbyists of America
D. The Southern Christian Leadership Conference - Stressing the desirability of retaining each group,s cultural distinctiveness is part of the ideology of______________?
A. Anglo-conformity
B. melting pot
C. ethnicity
D. cultural pluralism - Group marriage ________________?
A. is widespread in several societies
B. is practiced among Australian aborigines
C. has been a consistent feature in Western societies
D. has never been consistently or extensively practiced
