SOC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Midwestern United States, Ingroups And Outgroups, List Of Internet Phenomena

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1101
• Professor: Adolphine Y.Aggor- Boateng

Document Summary

Reference groups and networks: reference group: a group that strongly influences a person"s behaviour and social attitudes, regardless of whether that individual is a member, network: a web of social relationships that link a number of people. Group size: small group: a collectivity small enough for all members to be acquainted with one another and to interact simultaneously, dyad: a group consisting of two members, triad: a group composed of three members. In some situations, this pressure may be almost overwhelming. rest of the group disagreed with them: milgram"s research found that participants were willing to do something (giving electric shocks) because an authority figure told them to do it. Groupthink: groupthink: the process by which members of a cohesive group arrive at a decision that many individual members privately believe is unwise, example: the tragic 2010 explosion of the.