SOCL 2001 : Test 2 Pt 2
Document Summary
People who think of themselves as belonging together & interact with one another: intimate relationships & sense of belonging. Primary groups: intimate, long-term, face-to-face interactions, sense of identity & belonging, essential to emotional well-being, internalize their values & attitudes. Secondary groups: larger, more anonymous, formal and impersonal, shared interests or activities, necessary in today"s society, lack intimate connections, break into primary groups. Tend to be based around mutual interests: politics, health, education, etc. Key members (inner circle) of organizations often grow distant from regular. Ex: church groups, boy scouts/ girl scouts. Iron law of oligarchy example- u. s. federal government members. Appoint other inner circle members to lead the group. Oligarchy- organization dominated by small, self-perpetuating elite. All of the current supreme court justices graduated from either harvard or. In- groups are more likely to excuse faults & encourage others to do better.
