SOC 302 Lecture 7: Interactions Within the Context of Social Institutions
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Introduction: the building blocks of institutions, groups (as opposed to aggregates, de nition: two or more people who engage in patterned interaction over an extended period of time. Aggregate: a collection of people (the crowd at a basketball game) Within aggregates, we nd groups (a family at a basketball game: characteristics: family, friends, marital relationship (even if there is divorce), our class, primary groups secondary groups. Primary group: a small group of friends, etc: basic dimensions: in families, it is multi-dimensional. The more you know about people, the more multi-dimensional the relationships are. The more people interact, the more likely they are to constitute a primary group. It is easier to maintain long-distance relationships now than it used to be. The strength of the emotional ties between group members (positive feelings). The stronger the emotional ties between the group members, the. How much do members of the group identify with one another and with the group as a whole.
