Module 7 Flashcards
______ - consist of individuals who are united by their similar characteristics, and these characteristics interact
with one another.
Social group
__________ - another classification of human groupings in which individuals gather in the same place but are neither interacting nor sharing similar characteristics (e.g., people gathered in shopping)
Social Aggregate
__________- - consists of individuals who have dynamic relationships that are
interacting with other relationships within a
structure
Social Networks
- is a visual representation of social
networks present in one group or more
Sociogram
- a psychotherapist, in 1951 to
understand the dynamics of the intersections of social group (e.g., individuals, peers) within
the structure
Jacob Moreno
- exclusive group that
separate from the entire unit
a clique
- an individual
who relates to another individual who does not reciprocate the affiliation
a one-way choice
- an individual who has
chosen no one and is not chosen by anyone in the structure
an isolate
Three Types of Human Social Groupings
in-group
out-group
reference group
- is the social group in which an individual directly affiliates and expresses loyalty to.
In-Groups
Three characteristics of in-group
a. Members use titles, external symbol, and dress to
distinguish themselves from the out-group
b. Members apply positive stereotypes to their in-group and negative stereotypes to the out-group)
c. Members tend to clash or compete with the members
the out-group. This competition with the other group can
also strengthen the unity with each group
- this is the group that an individual is not
part of.
Out-Group
- when the behavior of an individual can be
shaped by the set of the behavior and beliefs of a group that such an individual considers as ideal, the ideal group, it is used by an
individual as a standard to measure his/her actions
Reference Group
- an experience that occur when an individual
that is part of reference group receives a positive self - evaluation
Normative Effect
- an experience that occur when an individual
that is part of reference group receives a negative self - evaluation
Comparative Effect