"C"ategories
Behaviors that match a group's expectations.
Conformity
People in your circle of friends would be considered this type of group.
Primary
Kindergartners are grouped into this.
Social Category
The ability to control the behaviors of others.
Power
Quid Pro Quo
This for That
Groups combine their efforts to achieve a goal.
Cooperation
The "popular" kids would be in this group.
In-Group
You give your friend a ride and they pay for the gas.
Social Exchange
Where would you see the "CEO' of a company, or "board of directors" on the pyramid of hierarchy?
Top
Secondary Group Equation
Industrialization + Urbanization = Secondary Group
Interaction aimed at defeating an opponent.
Conflict
People who share a common goal but are not necessarily close, make up this type of group.
Secondary
Robert runs into his old classmates at Walmart.
Social Interaction
The socially approved use of power. (Police, Parents, etc.)
Authority
Bystander Effect
Watching something happen and do nothing about it.
Forced to behave in a particular way.
Coercion
Mya is constantly teased in school and tends to eat lunch by herself. Unfortunately she would a party of this group.
Out-Group
Dr. Shelby attrends dentistry conventions to collaborate with other dentists.
Social Network
He tested how far a person would go under authority.
Stanley Milgram
Hierarchy
Organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.
Social life cannot exists without some degree of this.
Cooperation
Jimmy started smoking because his friends did. They think it's cool, so Jimmy does too. An example of this.
Groupthink
A group of people get together to describe the events they saw on 9/11.
Social Aggregation
The belief that power lies in the hands of fewer people further up the ladder.
The Iron Law of Oligarchy
Rationalism
Mindset using knowledge, reason, and planning.