SOCI 2001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Social Network, Ingroups And Outgroups, Philosophy Of Science
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Groups and organizations: study of social groups, communities, social networks, organizations and bureaucracies, mcdonaldization, network organizations, social impact of groups on individuals, admin announcements re: group projects. The bonds that unite: speaking of we": this means looking at how individuals are brought together within larger configurations of people. How does this occur, under what circumstances and with what effects: another way of putting it is, who do we mean when we say all of us", we demand", and. It is the study of social groups that tries to understand this. Primary groups and secondary groups: primary groups: groups where norms, roles, and statuses are agreed upon but not put in writing. This creates weaker emotional ties: the activity range is more narrow because usually the few activities serve the main purpose, example: sociology class, everyone is there to learn about sociology. Sports team, everyone is there because they are also on the team.