Group Social Interaction
Bureaucracy
Primary groups
Groups
Terms
100
A form of interaction so individuals or groups combine efforts to reach a goal.
What is cooperation?
100
Formal organization based on rationalization and efficiency.
What is a bureaucracy?
100
Composed of people that are emotionally close, know one another well, and seek each other's company.
What is primary group?
100
In regular contact with one another, share ways of thinging and behavior.
What is a group?
100
Deliberately created to achieve one or more long term goals.
What is formal organization?
200
The changing of ideals for a group.
What is conformity?
200
Steadiness, precision, continuity, speed, efficiency, and minimum cost.
What are characteristics of a bureaucracy?
200
Intimate, personal, caring, fulfilling.
What are characteristics of primary groups?
200
Composed of people that share a social characteristic.
What is social category?
200
Groups within a formal organization to meet the needs not met by the formal organization.
What is informal organization?
300
Groups or individuals work against one another for a larger share of rewards.
What is conflict?
300
Hierarchy of authority and power over people.
What are disadvantages of bureaucracy?
300
Small size, face-to-face contact, continuous contact, and proper social environment.
What are characteristics of primary groups?
300
Impersonal and goal oriented groups.
What are secondary groups?
300
Power increasingly becomes more and more concentrated in the hands of fewer members in the organization.
What is the iron law of oligarchy?
400
Individuals or groups are forced to give into the will of others.
What is coercion
400
Systems of rules and procedures.
What is the system of bureaucracy?
400
Provide emotional support, socialization, encourage conformity.
What are functions of primary groups?
400
Require extreme loyalty from its members to the exclusion of others.
What are in-groups?
400
A web of social relationships that join many groups.
What is a social network?
500
A type of social interaction in which one person voluntarily does something for another person expecting a reward in return.
What is social exchange?
500
Ability to control others against their will.
What is authority?
500
If increased, can make a secondary group a primary group.
What is length of contact?
500
Causes antagonism and competition with a in-group.
What is a out-group?
500
People who happen to be in the same place at the same time.
What is social aggregate?
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