SOC 110 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Lilly Ledbetter, Reference Group, Black Feminism

• School: University of Hartford
• Department: Sociology - A&S
• Course: SOC 110
• Professor: Horowitz

Document Summary

Be able to recognize the definition of a social group and a social category. Social group: a collection of people who regularly interact with one another on the basis of shared expectations concerning behavior and who share a common identity, sense of belonging. Social category: people who share a common characteristic (such as gender or occupation) but don"t interact or identify, no sense of belonging. Social aggregate: a collection of people who have no connection/identification: primary group vs reference group. Primary group: intense emotional ties, shape our lives (family, close friends) Secondary group: large, impersonal (work or school) Reference group: provide a standard for judging one"s attitudes/behaviors (hollywood: why do people join secondary groups. Most of our lives are spent in secondary groups. People are members of the team in order to help the organization reach a goal. A small amount of people hold a large amount of power: deviance vs. crime.