Which is not an element of primary groups?
a. small size
b. informality
c. face-to-face interaction
d. emotional arousal
e. None of the above; all are part of primary groups
Question 2Groups can influence which of the following?
a. how one behaves
b. what one feels
c. what one perceives
d. a and c
e. all of the above
Question 3Graeme Donald Snooks argues that the rapid ascent of the United States as a worldeconomic power was due to
a. its megastate character
b. its privileged position in the mercantile trading system
c. the huge amount of land it possessed west of the original colonies
d. two of these
e. none of these
Question 4Groups tend to differentiate between:
a. formality and informality
b. task and socio-emotional leaders
c. focused and unfocused interactions
d. all of the above
e. none of the above
Question 5A general theory of hegemonic decline proposes which of the following to be an important cause of hegemonic decline?
a. the hegemonic society begins favoring free trade policies, thereby providing
opportunities for competitors
b. internal obstacles, such as declining productive activity, reduce the hegemon's ability
to maintain its position as the number one power
c. competing economic powers gang up on the hegemon to weaken it
d. the high standard of living in the hegemonic society leads to inefficiencies in that
society
e. all of these
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