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What does a role-set consist of?
a) Various roles that come with a particular status
b) Emotional-based interactions in a secondary group
c) Highly structured group interactions
d) Incompatibility between social positions

a

Explanation: A role-set comprises the different roles associated with a specific status, such as the roles of family member, worker, and friend associated with being a college professor.



What defines a social group?
a) Interaction            
b) Collection
c) Unity                                  
d) Independence

a

Explanation: A social group is characterized by interaction among its members.



Function of group for defining boundaries?
a) Choosing leaders
b) Setting goals
c) Marking membership
d) Member control

c

Explanation: Groups use devices to mark boundaries and identify members.



Leader's role in a group, per Tischler?
a) Follower
b) Task performer
c) Dominance and influence
d) Mediator

c

Explanation: Tischler defines a leader as having central dominance and influence.



Essential group characteristic?
a) Independence
b) Communication
c) Unity                                 
d) Task assignment

c

Explanation: Social groups typically have a common feeling of unity.



Necessary group ingredient?
a) Communication
b) Independence
c) Objects                   
d) Identity

a

Explanation: Communication is essential for any social group.