SOCIOL 110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6.2+3: Group Dynamics, Family Values

• School: UMASS-Amherst
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCIOL 110
• Professor: Jonathan R.Wynn

Document Summary

Summarized and organized from introduction to sociology 2e, on openstax. 6. 1 introduction to groups and organization (here use tea party as an example of a group) [their beliefs tend to be anti-tax, anti-big government, pro-gun and generally politically conservative] Political stance: 15 non-negotiable core beliefs. Reducing personal income taxes is a must. Political office must be available to average citizens. English as our core language is required. [a big picture, macro-level view that looks at how different aspects of society are intertwined] How tea party force people to pay attention to economics: conflict. [macroanalytical view, focus on genesis and growth of inequality] How business interests have manipulated the system over the last 30 years, leading to the gross inequality we see today: symbolic interaction/interactionist. [no interaction and no similarity, just gatherings: category. *while people in a same category and an aggregate can become a group. [proposed by sociologist charles horton cooley: primary groups. [a group that attached to belonging: out-groups.