SOCI 1010 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: William Graham Sumner, Sociocultural Evolution, Agrarian Society
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Chapter 5: social interaction, groups, and social structure. Social interaction: refers to the ways in which people respond to each other, guards and prisoners highly impersonal= prisoners are seen as numbers rather than people, philip zimbardo"s theory of mock prison. Social structure: refers to the way in which a society is organized into predictable relationships, mock prison influenced the interaction of the guards and prisoners, philip zimbardo"s theory of mock prison. Groups: groups: any number of people with similar norms, values, and expectations who interact with one another on a regular basis, charles horton cooley"s contributions, primary groups: a small group characterized by intimate, face-to-face association and cooperation; ex. Gangs, sorority: secondary group: a formal, impersonal group in which there is little social intimacy or mutual understanding; ex: workplace, william graham sumner. Social network: a series of social relationships that link a person directly to others, and through them indirectly to still more people.
