Social psychologist __________ examined group decision making among political experts and found that major blunders in U.S. history may be attributed to pressure toward group conformity.
a. Robert Merton b. Stanley Milgram
c. Irving Janis d. Solomon Asch
Question 2The termethnicity refers to __________.
a. people who share a racial identity
b. a group of people who were all born in the same location
c. a person's cultural background or national origin
d. feelings of ethnocentrism
Question 3When Muslims bow toward Mecca, the holy city of Islam, five times a day at fixed times to pray to God, and Christians participate in the celebration of communion to commemorate the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, they are engaging in:
a. mandated systems.b. magical thinking.
c. supernatural rites. d. rituals.
Question 4In reference to Stanley Milgram's study, the text points out that:
a. this research raises some questions concerning research ethics.
b. Milgram's subjects knew about the nature of the study but agreed to participate anyway.
c. many of the research subjects found the experiment interesting and agreed to participate in future research on the same topic.
d. Milgram's findings have never been confirmed by other researchers.
Question 5The sociological term for a group of people distinguished by others or by themselves, primarily on the basis of cultural characteristics or national origin, is __________.
a. folk group
b. tribal group
c. race
d. ethnic group
Question 6People often act out their religious beliefs in the form of_____, which are regularly repeated and carefully prescribed forms of behaviors that symbolize a cherished value or belief.
a. secular ceremonies b. supernatural rites
c. rituals d. magical rites
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