Sociology 1020 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Mark Granovetter, Milgram Experiment, Ingroups And Outgroups

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 1020
• Professor: Michael Haight

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Societies are collectives of interacting people who share a culture and a territory. When societies evolve, the relationship of humans to nature changes. Societies can be mobilized for good or for evil. How social groups shape our actions: norms of solidarity demand conformity. I(cid:374) (cid:396)elatio(cid:374)ships (cid:449)ith othe(cid:396) people, (cid:449)e fo(cid:396)(cid:373) (cid:862)(cid:374)o(cid:396)(cid:373)s of solida(cid:396)it(cid:455)(cid:863), (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h dete(cid:396)(cid:373)i(cid:374)es ho(cid:449) (cid:449)e should a(cid:272)t to(cid:449)a(cid:396)ds the(cid:373) i(cid:374) o(cid:396)de(cid:396) to sustai(cid:374) the relationships: structures of authority tend to render people obedient. Many people find it difficult to disobey authority figures for fear of punishment and ridicule. This relates to the milgram experiment: bureaucracies are highly effective structures of authority. A social network is a bounded set of individuals who are linked by the exchange of material of emotional resources. The patterns of exchange determine the boundaries of the network (which is the reason why your actions with family is different than your actions with co-workers). Members exchange resources more frequently with one another than with non-members.