SOCL 2002 : Sociology Honors 2002 Test 2
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Sociology honors 2002 test 2 (answer on top) Made up of people closest to us; close relatives and friends. Made up of people that aren"t so close to us; casual acquaintances, classmates, coworkers. Used as a standard or evaluation, groups we compare ourselves to (whether positive or negative, may or may not really belong) Looks at human behavior in terms of cost-benefit analysis; looks at everything in terms of the expected rewards weighed against the cost of risks involved. When we receive something from someone else that creates an obligation to give something back. Groups we belong to or associate ourselves with. Groups that we don"t belong to or are opposed to. We tend to attribute ingroup success to internal causes to the characteristics of those who make up the group. We also attribute ingroup failures to external causes. A study to see how much pressure it would take for someone to conform against their own senses.
