PSYCH 1N03 Study Guide - Final Guide: Infant Mortality, Mass Suicide, Toronto Subway
2 Apr 2014
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Networks: people who are connected; have no "collective goal"/"awareness of their membership" No sense of belonging e. g - social networks direct and indirect connections grown in importance. Organizations: secondary group w/a collective goal or purpose spontaneous (informal): arises quickly to meet a single goal, then disbands when goal is reached, e. g- search party to find a missing child. Formal organizations: deliberately planned and organized w/formalized roles and rules. e. g- bureaucracy. Cliques: group of tightly interconnected people; strong positive sentiments for one another; ignore/exclude outsiders; purpose is to raise status of clique members at expense of non-members; similar background and behaviour (children of same. In school settings: class/ethnic background); once formed, cliques ensure that members remain outsiders (e. g- greeting each other, ignoring others) similar; rituals exclude popular; dominate others; defines group boundaries; what"s. Leader of cliques: acceptable, what"s not; chooses the membership; charismatic person loyalty based on inclusion and exclusion; use gossip to.
