The ideal types of authority identified by Max Weber include ___________.

The ideal types of authority identified by Max Weber include ___________.
 
  a. charismatic authority
 b. familial authority
 c. coercive authority
 d. relational authority

Question 2

Sociologist _________ viewed gossip as something that spread among a small group of individuals who personally knew the person who was the object of the rumor.
 
  a. George Herbert Mead b. Herbert Blumer
 c. Charles Horton Cooley d. Georg Simmel

Question 3

The U.S. Census Bureau uses the term __________ to designate the many diverse groups with roots in Asia.
 
  a. Hawaiians b. Filipinos
 c. Asian Americans d. Southeast Asians

Question 4

People are not likely to accept authority as legitimate when __________________________.
 
  a. they are economically dependent on those in power
 b. they are politically dependent on those who hold power
 c. it reflects their own beliefs and values
 d. they are threatened with physical force

Question 5

__________ refer(s) to rumors about the personal lives of individuals.
 
  a. Mass hysteria b. Gossip
 c. Fads d. Panic

Question 6

Anti-Semitism is discrimination, prejudice and hostile attitudes directed at __________.
 
  a. African Americans b. Jews
 c. Asian Americans d. Latinos

Question 7

Although the most basic form of power is physical violence or force, most political leaders prefer to legitimize their power and then have what sociologists call __________.
 
  a. control
 b. leverage
 c. authority
 d. political influence

Question 8

The Internet, cellular phones, and satellite systems all contribute to the:
 
  a. causation of acting behavior.
  b. impetus of mass behavior.
  c. stimulus of riot behavior.
  d. spread of rumors.