Sociology and You Ch. 6 Groups

Members identify as "we"

• In group

• Out group

• Open group

• Closed group

Group identified as "they"

• In group
• Out group
• Open group
• Closed group

Members develop close, personal relationships

• Primary group
• Secondary group
• Vertical group
• Horizontal group

Members act in a friendly, but impersonal way

• Primary group
• Secondary group
• Vertical group
• Horizontal group

Group that serves as a comparison

• Reference Group
• Voluntary group
• Involuntary group

Web of social relationships that join a person to other people

• informal organization

• social aggregate

• secondary group

• social network

Exclusive group that demands loyalty from its members

• social category

• reference group

• in-group

• formal organization

a group targeted for opposition and antagonism

• out-group

• in-group

• social network

• primary group

A voluntary action that involves the expectation of a reward

• social exchange

• social network

• coercion

• groupthink

When individuals are forced to behave in a certain way

• conflict

• cooperation

• coercion

• social exchange