SOCL 2001 : Sociology Test 2
Document Summary
Simmel: dyad group of two, most intimate form of social life, mutually dependent. Simmel"s approach: small, single focus implies that the group has a single unified focus, informal no standard positions, equality, face to face, party, same as small group, but multifocal, large, formal, status, differentiation. Cooley: primary, intimate, face to face, strong influence, secondary, impersonal, exist as means to end relationship has a brief period, for example a teacher in a class period. In group/out group: useful in describing groups with power inequality, reference group, a group useful for comparison. Information, connections, and skills that help individuals enter or gain power in networks: example: neighborhood watch, better health awareness, decreased over the years; people don"t know their neighbors as closely anymore. Organizations: not institutions, social network with a common purpose and a structure, have both culture and structure. Stratification: systematic inequalities between groups of people, as a consequence of social processed, relationships.
