Vocab Terms
A group based on close, personal, and long-term relationships
Primary Group
A status earned through effort or choice.
Achieved status
A group that a person feels loyalty and belonging toward
In-Group
Leadership focused on completing tasks and goals.
Instrumental Leadership
Another word for a group of 2 people
Dyad
A position in society that a person is born into.
Ascribed status
Difficulty meeting the expectations of multiple statuses & their respective roles at the same time.
Role conflict
A group a person does not identify with
Out-Group
Leadership focused on relationships and emotional support.
Expressive Leadership
A three-person group that may form coalitions.
Triad
The status that has the greatest impact on a person’s identity.
Master status
Stress from having too many responsibilities (roles) within one status.
Role strain
A group used as a standard for evaluating oneself.
Reference Group
A leadership style that encourages group input and participation.
Democratic Leadership
The sociologist who studied group size and interaction.
Georg Simmel
the tendency for people's behavior or beliefs to conform to those of the group, typically in a highly emotional context for the purpose of pursuing a violent or destructive goal
mob mentality
The group of roles attached to a single status.
Role Set
Why can in-groups can change from person-to-person?
It's all about PERSPECTIVE
A leader who makes decisions without group input.
Authoritarian Leader
Why is groupthink more likely to occur in large groups?
Individuals feel less accountability and more pressure to conform
Behavior expected of a person who holds a particular status.
Role
A team captain feels pressure to be supportive and friendly while also enforcing rules and discipline on teammates. This is an example of what?
Role Strain
A student acts differently around different friend groups. What concept explains this?
Presentation of Self
Which leadership style is most likely to reduce groupthink?
Democratic Leadership
Why is disagreement easier to handle in a dyad than in a large group?
The relationships are typically more personal, and accountability is higher.