SOC101Y1 Chapter Notes -Milgram Experiment, Hierarchical Organization, Groupthink
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Aggregate = a collection of people who happen to be in the same place at the same time but have little else in common (160) Category = a number of people who may have never met one another but who share a similar characteristic (160) Social groups interact frequently and share a sense of belonging and interdependence (160) Ingroup = a group to which a person belongs and with which the person identifies (162) Outgroup = a group a person doesn"t belong to and may feel hostility toward (162) Reference group = a group that strongly influences a person"s behavior and social attitudes, regardless of whether that individual is actually a member (162) Network = a web of social relationships that link one person with others and through them with more people (162) Small world phenomenon milgram and six degrees of separation (163) Functionalists say groups meet people"s task oriented and emotional needs (164)
