Group think is likely to occur when people in a group with decision-making power
a. are from different backgrounds.
b. seek outside opinions.
c. are highly educated.
d. believe in the absolute rightness of their cause.
Question 2Material resources such as the kinds of house in which a student lives, parents' income, and a quiet place to study qualify as
a. informal curriculum.
b. cultural capital.
c. economic capital.
d. formal curriculum.
Question 3Stanley 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 4In thinking about the meaning of jihad it is important to distinguish between
a. long-term and short-term.
b. fundamentalist and secular jihad.
c. religious and political jihad.
d. jihad against Jews and jihad against Christians.
Question 5Staff Sergeant Ivan Frederick testified that when at the Abu Ghraib Prison, I questioned some of the things that I saw such as leaving inmates in their cells with no clothes or in female underpants and the answer I got was ,This is how military intelligence wants it done.' The dynamics Frederick described best correspond with
a. Stanley Milgram's Obedience to Authority.
b. Howard Becker's master status of deviant.
c. Robert K. Merton's theory of structural strain.
d. Edward Sutherland's theory of differential association.
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