Social Studies WSC UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Power Structure - CORRECT ANSWER- a system that organizes or prioritizes certain
values or people into authority or a hierarchy
Roles - CORRECT ANSWER- Actions and activities that a person in a particular position is
supposed to perform based on expectations of the individual and surrounding persons
Communication Structures - CORRECT ANSWER- is a typical set of patterns that dictates
how a social system interacts
Similarity - CORRECT ANSWER- an aspect of social attraction based on being alike on
aspects such as attitudes, intelligence, education, religion, appearance, or socioeconomic status
Interdependence - CORRECT ANSWER- A relationship between people in which they rely
on one another for support whether it be resources, goods, or services
Injunctive norms - CORRECT ANSWER- Behaviors based of off what ought to be approved
or disapproved by others.
Proscriptive norms - CORRECT ANSWER- behaviors that are discouraged in societies
Cultural identity groups - CORRECT ANSWER- groups of similar people based on heritage
Crowd - CORRECT ANSWER- a large number of people gathered together
Mob - CORRECT ANSWER- A large group of excessively angry and extremely motivated
people.
, Tuckman model - CORRECT ANSWER- A model that describes five stages of team
development: forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning
Seceder model - CORRECT ANSWER- A model that shows the tendency to be different or
unique ironically gives rise to the formation of groups
Social exchange theory - CORRECT ANSWER- or Homans' theory - the theory that our
social behavior is an exchange process, the aim of which is to maximize benefits and minimize
costs
Swarm behavior - CORRECT ANSWER- is the collective behavior of people to flock
together to move in one direction
Herd mentality - CORRECT ANSWER- people influenced by their peers to adopt certain
behaviors
Informational conformity - CORRECT ANSWER- the change in opinions or behavior that
occurs when we conform to people whom we believe have accurate information
Normative conformity - CORRECT ANSWER- the desire to fit into a group because of fear
of rejection
Referential conformity - CORRECT ANSWER-
Social identity theory - CORRECT ANSWER- is the study of the interplay between personal
and social identities.
Self-categorization - CORRECT ANSWER- the process of seeing oneself as a member of a
social group
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Power Structure - CORRECT ANSWER- a system that organizes or prioritizes certain
values or people into authority or a hierarchy
Roles - CORRECT ANSWER- Actions and activities that a person in a particular position is
supposed to perform based on expectations of the individual and surrounding persons
Communication Structures - CORRECT ANSWER- is a typical set of patterns that dictates
how a social system interacts
Similarity - CORRECT ANSWER- an aspect of social attraction based on being alike on
aspects such as attitudes, intelligence, education, religion, appearance, or socioeconomic status
Interdependence - CORRECT ANSWER- A relationship between people in which they rely
on one another for support whether it be resources, goods, or services
Injunctive norms - CORRECT ANSWER- Behaviors based of off what ought to be approved
or disapproved by others.
Proscriptive norms - CORRECT ANSWER- behaviors that are discouraged in societies
Cultural identity groups - CORRECT ANSWER- groups of similar people based on heritage
Crowd - CORRECT ANSWER- a large number of people gathered together
Mob - CORRECT ANSWER- A large group of excessively angry and extremely motivated
people.
, Tuckman model - CORRECT ANSWER- A model that describes five stages of team
development: forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning
Seceder model - CORRECT ANSWER- A model that shows the tendency to be different or
unique ironically gives rise to the formation of groups
Social exchange theory - CORRECT ANSWER- or Homans' theory - the theory that our
social behavior is an exchange process, the aim of which is to maximize benefits and minimize
costs
Swarm behavior - CORRECT ANSWER- is the collective behavior of people to flock
together to move in one direction
Herd mentality - CORRECT ANSWER- people influenced by their peers to adopt certain
behaviors
Informational conformity - CORRECT ANSWER- the change in opinions or behavior that
occurs when we conform to people whom we believe have accurate information
Normative conformity - CORRECT ANSWER- the desire to fit into a group because of fear
of rejection
Referential conformity - CORRECT ANSWER-
Social identity theory - CORRECT ANSWER- is the study of the interplay between personal
and social identities.
Self-categorization - CORRECT ANSWER- the process of seeing oneself as a member of a
social group
