SOC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Group Dynamics, Social Group, News
16 Dec 2015
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Bystander apathy you act differently in a group, feel like you blend and your behaviour matters less. Two or more people who identify and interact with one another. Non-groups: category: those with a status in common, such as ethnicity or occupation, crowd: non-interacting group, such as an audience. But, a common experience could turn a non-group into a group, e. g. , a power black-out. Has to be interaction in a group. A small social group whose members share personal and lasting relationships. Cooley called this type of group primary because they: are the first groups we experience, shape attitudes, behaviour, and identity, provide economic and other assistance, are bound by emotion and loyalty. Large and impersonal groups whose members pursue a specific goal or activity. Little personal knowledge of each other: weak emotional ties o, 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.
