SOCI 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Critical Role, Ingroups And Outgroups, Mcdonaldization
12 Oct 2016
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6. 1 types of group: group: any collection of at least two people who interact with some frequency and who share a sense that their identity is somehow aligned with the group. Non-group: people who exist in the same place at the same time but who do not interact or share a sense of identity. Aggregate: such as a bunch of people standing in line at starbucks. Category: people who share similar characteristics but are not tied to one another in any way: types: primary groups and secondary groups (cooley 1909) Primary groups: critical role; serves emotional needs; ex:family; fairly small and is made up of individuals who generally engage face-to-face in long-term emotional ways. Secondary groups: larger and impersonal; task-focused and time-limited; serve an instrumental function; role is more goal- or task-oriented; ex: a classroom or office: in-groups and out-groups: to explain this phenomenon-william sumner.
