SOC101Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter Inequality: Social Group, Ethnocentrism, Social Change
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Groups and social organizations in commit sociology, vol 1 p158-188. Individuals who happen to share a common feature or to be in the same place at the same time do not constitute social group. Social group: a collection of two or more people who interact frequently with one another, share a sense of belonging, and have a feeling of interdependence. Aggregate: a collection of people who happen to be in the same place at the same time but have little else in common. (share a common purpose) Several people waiting for a traffic light to change. Category: a number of people who may never have met one another but who share a similar characteristic. Categories are not social groups because the people in them usually do not create a social structure or have anything in common other than a particular trait. Primary group: a small, less specialized group in which members engage in face-to-face, emotion-based interactions over an extended time.
