In general, how do women's political attitudes and behavior differ from men's?
a. Women tend to be more socially conservative.
b. Men are more likely to vote Democrat than are women.
c. Women tend to have more liberal views than men.
d. Men are more likely to vote than women are.
Question 2Sociological research on group decision making finds that
a. groupthink is inevitable any time a team comes together to make a decision.
b. people in positions of power are not affected by groupthink in the same way that those below them are.
c. if members of a group feel invulnerable this increases the potential for groupthink to occur.
d. younger people are more affected by groupthink than older people.
Question 3The differences in women's and men's political attitudes and behavior are referred to as the _____.
a. sex ratio effect
b. gender gap
c. androgyny factor
d. glass wall
Question 4Which of the following is not a characteristic common to most cases of groupthink?
a. An illusion of unanimity
b. An illusion of invulnerability
c. Allowing in outside expert opinion
d. Discouragement of dissenting opinion
Question 5Which of these groups is disproportionately Republican?
a. African Americans
b. Puerto Rican Americans
c. Cuban Americans
d. Mexican Americans
Question 6According to Janis, which of the following decisions was the result of groupthink?
a. Bush's decision to engage in the first Gulf War
b. the Iraq war after the 9/11 terrorist attacks
c. Johnson's decision in 1967 to start the War on Poverty
d. Obama's decision to reform health care
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