SOC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: News, Mcdonaldization, Frederick Winslow Taylor

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1100
• Professor: Deanna Behnke- Cook

Document Summary

Two or more people who identify and interact with one another. **not part of a group unless you interact. Category: those with a status in common, such as ethnicity or occupation. But, a common experience could turn a non-group into a group, e. g. , a power black-out. A small social group whose members share personal and lasting relationships. Cooley called this type of group primary because they: Large and impersonal groups whose members pursue a speci c goal or activity. People look to one another strategically (for what they can do for one another) Part of a secondary group could turn itself into a primary group. **i. e. , soccer team (you know who they are, where they live, not much else) Small circles of friends may have no leader at all. However large secondary groups place leaders in a formal chain of command. Leaders make plans, give orders, and get things done.