SOC101Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Class Discrimination, Ageism, Ethnocentrism
Document Summary
A social group is a collection of two or more people who interact frequently with one another, share a sense of belonging and have a feeling of interdependence. Aggregate - a collection of people who happen to be in the same place at the same time but have little else in common. Category - a number of people who may never have met one another but who share similar characteristics. (not social groups) A formal organization - a structured group formed to achieve specific goals in the most efficient manner. Primary group - describe small, less specialized group in which members engage in face-to-face, emotion-based interactions over an extended time. Secondary group - a larger, more specialized group in which members engage in more impersonal, goal-oriented relationships for a limited time. Formal organizations are secondary groups, also contain many primary groups within.
