Finals Flashcards
Collection of people interacting on a daily basis, A unit of interacting personalities with interdependence of roles and statues existing between and among themselves
Social Group
Type of collectivity established for the pursuit of specific aims or goals. Characterized by a formal structure of rules, authority relations, a division of labor and limited membership or admission
Social Organization
Group composed of two people (One relationship)
Dyad
Groups composed of three (Three relationship)
Triad
Most fundamental unit of human society, Characterized by strong ties of love and affection, Do’s and Don’ts of behavior are learned, and a long-lasting group (Families, Gangs, Friendship Groups, etc)
Primary Group
Groups which individual comes in contact later in life and are often characterized by impersonal, business-like, contractual, formal and casual relationship (Industrial Workers. Faculty Staff, Company Employees)
Secondary Group
Social unit which individuals feel at home and with which they identify
In-group
Social unit which individuals do not belong due to differences in social categories and with which they do not identify
Out-Group
Groups to which we consciously and unconsciously refer when we evaluate our life situations and behavior. Serve a comparison function and has a normative function
Reference/Psychological Group
Groups which are organized to meet the special interest of members
Special Interest Groups
Groups assigned to accomplish jobs which cannot be done by one person
Task Group
Groups organized to support or influence social actions
Influence or Pressure Groups
Social system which most relationships are personal or traditional. A community of intimate, private, and exclusive living and familism. Culture is homogeneous and tradition bound
Gemeinschaft
Social system which most relationships are impersonal, formal, contractual, or bargain-like. Relationship is individualistic, business-like, secondary amd rationalized. Culture is heterogeneous and more advanced
Gesselschaft
Deliberately formed and their purpose and objective are defined. Goals are clearly stated and the division and labor is based on member’s ability or merit
Formal Groups
Administrative structure aimed to enable members meet their goals. Hierarchical arrangement in large scale formal organizations which parts are ordered in the manner of pyramid division and authority
Bureaucracy
Arises spontaneously out of the interactions of two or more persons, no explicit rules, characteristics of primary groups and members are bound by emotion and sentiments
Informal Groups
Organized to fulfill the feeling of companionship
Relationship Groups
Process of influencing the activities of individuals in a group towards goals, Implies the existence of particular influence relationship between two or more persons
Leadership
Act of directing a group toward its goal
Task Leadership
Act of maintaining good spirits
Socio-Emotional Leadership
Bond of blood or marriage binding people together
Kinship
Relationships based upon marriage or cohabitation between collaterals (People treated as the same generation)
Affinal Kinship
Connections between people traced by blood
Consanguineous Kinship
Kinship is reckoned in a number of different ways around the world results in variety of types of descent patterns among groups
Descent System