SOC-1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Solomon Asch, Stanley Milgram, Milgram Experiment
30 Jan 2020
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Chapter 5: groups, organizations, and bureaucracies: humans are social animals who live entire lives in the company of others. Legitimate authority--power recognized as deserved or earned: positional power--power that stems officially from the leadership position itself, personal power--power that derives from the leader"s personality, conformity and obedience. Stanley milgram experiment (obedience to authority: groupthink--a process by which the members of a group ignore ways of thinking and plans of action that go against the group consensus. Structuralism and economic capital: economic capital--money and material that can be used to produce goods and services, cultural capital--wealth in the form of knowledge, ideas, verbal skills, and ways of thinking and behaving. Social capital--the social knowledge and connections that enable people to accomplish goals and extend influence: organization--a group that 1. has an identifiable membership 2. engages in concerted collective actions to achieve a common purpose.
