Primary Groups
Secondary Groups
Social Network
Gangs
Virtual Community
100
What is a primary group?
A primary group is typically a small social group whose members share close, personal, enduring relationships.
100
What is a secondary group?
A large, impersonal gathering of people in which members' roles are measured by their contributions to a common goal or purpose.
100
Name 5 different social media sites.
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, Pinterest, LinkedIn...
100
What is a sanction?
An informal or formal penalty or reward to ensure conformity within a group
100
What is a virtual community?
A group of individuals who communicate online.
200
How do these types of groups form?
Through members' concern for one another, in shared activities and culture.
200
Name 2 different secondary groups that you are a part of.
A sports team, club, extra curricular activity...
200
What is the Dunbar number?
The limit of the amount of stable social relationships that a person can maintain is 150.
200
What is a gang?
A group of people associating for antisocial and often criminal purposes and activities
200
Name 3 abbreviated phrases that you use online.
LOL, BRB, GTG, ROTFL...
300
Name 2 types of primary groups
Family, childhood friends, and highly influential social groups.
300
What kind of relationships do members of a secondary group have?
Informal, impersonal, intimate details not usually shared among members
300
What is a social network?
A social network refers to the online social connections and relationships that a person has.
300
What are social guidelines?
Expectations within a group about how individuals should or shouldn't behave.
300
Name 3 different online forums used to communicate with others.
Facebook, Kik, Omegle, Chat Roulette...
400
TRUE OR FALSE: Primary groups can be described as temporary, unimportant relationships in a person's life
FALSE
400
TRUE OR FALSE: A secondary group exerts less influence than a primary group on an individual's behaviour.
TRUE
400
How many Canadian teenagers who use social networks have a Facebook profile? (within 5%)
94%
400
What are social norms?
Established guidelines for appropriate behavior among their members.
400
What are potential reasons why a person would join a virtual community?
Want to communicate with like-minded people, social support, companionship, exchange of information, dependency and availability
500
Which of these is not a primary group? Teacher and student, mother and daughter, barista and customer, brother and sister
barista and customer
500
Do you think it is important to have secondary groups be a part of your life, and why or why not?
Yes: creates a sense of community, everyone is contributing to a common goal or purpose, maintain casual friendly relationships with peers No: relationships are more disposable, do not know people on a personal level
500
Name 1 way that Dunbar theory can be applied in the past or present.
- Hunter-Gatherer societies - In the military - Social media
500
What is a formal sanction?
Imprisonment, expulsion...
500
Why is a virtual community a good and bad thing?
Good: communication, support, availability, sense of belonging Bad: cyberbullying, inappropriate behaviour/language
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