SOC 107 Lecture : Groups and Organizations
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Types of social groups: primary groups- membership is defined by emotional attachment, ex. family, secondary groups- defined by a practical shared task, massively common ex. study group, sports team, club etc, network: Egocentric- everyone whom you know or who knows you, individual ( ego) is the centre of it, ex. facebook. Generalized-corporate diagram, all linkages between people in a secondary group, ex. Roles-task focused vs. relationship-focused refers to whether one is focused on the task or group members. The deference of authority; if one is an authority figure they can try to conform people to try to give the version of a story that was not true, but because they believe the authority figure. Three is the magic number because it transforms a couple into a group, creating dynamics. Secondary group organized to meet a specific goal. Utilitarian organizations - an organization that exists to make money, ex.
