Jerry is a member of the rotary club. The club was discussing ideas for getting new members more involved in volunteering time and working on the weekly jobs necessary to sustain the club. The membership quickly decided on what they thought was the perfect solution. Jerry offered some different possible solutions. By suggesting an alternative solution, Jerry was viewed as being disloyal to the group. When members of the group began to narrow their thoughts and feel that there was only one correct answer to the situation, this is an example of what sociologists term:
A. democratic leadership
B. laissez-faire leadership
C. an out-group
D. group think
E. authoritarian leadership
Answer: C. an out-group
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a. Gemeinschaft b. Häusliche c. Gesellschaft d. Staatsworterbuch
Brian put a picture of his girlfriend on his office desk where his co-workers can see it. In the picture, his girlfriend is dressed up and wearing a top that shows a generous amount of cleavage. Does his picture constitute sexual harassment?
A. Yes, if a coworker finds it to be too sexual for work. B. Yes, because the picture is inappropriate for work. C. No, because he did not intend to offend others by displaying it. D. No, because it is simply a picture of his girlfriend.
Triads often generate __________.
a. dyads b. coalitions c. groups of four d. groups of six
Medical sociologists often point out that health care institutions themselves are the source of many problems we associate with health in the United States because __________.
A. health care never developed as a purely competitive industry or regulated public service B. clinicians ignored the contributions of medical sociologists during the nineteenth century when the health care field developed C. health care institutions perpetuate racial inequality D. health care institutions have refused to treat fistulas