SOCIOL 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Cheerleading, Ingroups And Outgroups
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Altruism and diffusion, altruism: are actions which benefit others: perhaps when someone is at risk, darley and latane study: students sat in a room discussing college life--1 student mentioned having a history of epilepsy. Soon later the student collapsed: results: all students who were in a dyad immediately helped person. Ex: senior parent association: reference group: any group a person considers when evaluating his/her actions or characteristics. Ex: preparing to get into nursing school and eventually becoming a nurse: in-group: a group that members are involved in and identify with. Ex: cheerleading squad: out-group: group which ppl feel they don"t belong. Ex: going to a ku game wearing a mizzou shirt. Networks: social network: a series of relationships linking individuals directly to other ppl and indirectly influence each other. Ex: group memberships, dyadic friendships, relatives, co-workers (can be casual or intimate: domestic network: Carol stack describes domestic networks: localized, kin-based coalitions of ppl--
