A characteristic of bureaucracy is that power and responsibility making are typically:
a. informal and unplanned.
b. democratic and open to discussion.
c. horizontal.
d. hierarchical.
e. longitudinal.
Question 2In Stanley Milgram's classic experiment, Obedience to Authority, he discovered that obedience was founded on
a. the firm command of a person with a status that gave minimal authority over a subject recruited to participate in the study.
b. the subject's fear of being punished physically if he or she disobeyed.
c. the subject's dislike of the learner's physical characteristics.
d. the subject's firm belief that learning is enhanced when failure is punished.
Question 3Which of the following would NOT be regarded by Weber as a major characteristic of bureaucracy?
a. heavy reliance on written rules and regulations
b. a clear-cut division of labor
c. a tendency toward favoritism and nepotism
d. a clear distinction between public and private spheres
e. None of these are major characteristics of bureaucracy according to Weber.
Question 4Stanley Milgram wrote, The person who, with inner conviction, loathes stealing, killing, and assault may find himself committing these acts with relative ease.. Under what conditions does Milgram believe this happens?
a. when no one is watching
b. when under the influence of alcohol
c. when the person's life is threatened
d. when commanded by an authority
Question 5Who first developed a framework to describe bureaucracies?
a. Karl Marx
b. Solomon Asch
c. Georg Simmel
d. Max Weber
e. mile Durkheim
Question 6A person takes on a(n) when his or her deviant status becomes more important than any other status he or she occupies.
a. label of secret deviant
b. master status of deviant
c. informal status
d. label of confederate
Question 7People who meet together and are few enough members so that all members know one another are known as a(n):
a. total group.
b. aggregate.
c. small group.
d. deviant group.
e. out group.
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