SOC101Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Mcdonaldization, Rationality, Hawthorne Effect
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Types of groups: primary and secondary groups, primary group: small, less specialized group in which members engage in face to face, emotion based interactions over an extended time, secondary group: larger more specialized group in which members engage in more impersonal, goal oriented relationships for a limited time, primary groups like organizations may consist of secondary groups in them, ingroups: a group in which a person belongs and with which the person feels a sense of identity, outgroup: a group in which a person may not belong and toward which the person may feel a sense of competitiveness or hostility, reference groups: a group that strongly influences a person"s behavior and social attitudes, regardless of whether that individual is an actual member, network: a web of social relationships that link one person with other people and through them with more people that those people know.
