SOCI 210 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Critical Role, Oligarchy, Meritocracy

• School: McGill University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI 210
• Professor: Alexandre Miltsov

Document Summary

I. e. children born between 1980-2000 are the millennial. Ascriptive character, close, born into it without choice. I. e. peer groups, favourite athletes, cultural center, etc. Groups are social units that help foster shared value systems, key to construction of society. Aggregate: people who exist in same place at same time but do not interact/share sense identity. Category: people who share similar characteristics but aren"t tied to one another in any way. Primary groups: play most critical role in our lives, fairly small, engage in long term & emotional face-to-face interactions. Serves emotional need and expressive functions (family, lover) Secondary groups: larger and impersonal, task-focused, time-limited, serve instrumental function. In-groups: group of individuals feel like belong to, is an integral part of. Out-groups: group doesn"t feel part of, disdain or compete against (outsiders, ppl not know) Reference group: group that people compare themselves to, provides standard of measurement.