SOC100H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Solomon Asch, Groupthink, Barry Wellman
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Chapter 4: from social interaction to social organizations. Feminist theory and social interaction: social interaction involves communicating face to face or via computer, acting and reacting in relation to other people. It is structured around norms, roles and statuses: gender often structures interaction patterns. The social context of language: language has social and cultural context, which sometimes presents difficulties for computer translation programs that lack contextual cues. Intimate zone: 0. 5m (for people with whom we want sustained, intimate physical contact: personal zone: 0. 5m 1. 5m (friends and acquaintances, social zone: 1. 5m 3. 5m, public zone: 3. 5m + (performers) Groups: group conformity: social groups are groups composed of one of more networks of people who identify with one another and adhere to defined norms, roles, and statuses. Primary and secondary groups: primary groups: a social group in which norms, roles, and statuses are agreed upon but are not put into writing.
