SOCL 2001 Chapter : Sociology Chapter 5
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Social structure (statuses, roles, groups, organizations, and institutions) Statuses/roles (also norms): keys for micro-macro link between individuals and societies, we all perform our roles according to our statuses, thus creating a relatively stable pattern (social structure, we behave according to our norms. I need one. : relative deprivation: i"m not doing well compared to the people in my reference group, poverty, group size and its effect, small groups , dyad: two-person group. Principle of least interest: triad: three-person group. Theory of transitivity: if all three people like each other, or just one relationship is positive, it"s stable, but if only two positive relationships exist, it is unstable. This won"t last long, they will change and merge toward stability: think of it like math (pos. x pos. x pos. stable), (pos. x pos. x neg. = unstable): small group research: more than three, less than ten. All about leadership usually end up with two leaders (two different people).
