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Primary group
small group characterized by intimate, long-term, face-to-face association and cooperation.
secondary group
a large and impersonal social group whose members pursue a specific goal or activity
In-Group
a group toward which one feels loyalty
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Out-Group
a group toward which one feels antagonism
Dyad
group of two
Which social theorist was the first to analyze bureaucracies as powerful forms of social
organization that are concerned with the "bottom line"?
Max Weber
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Role Strain
Conflict someone feels within a role
Suppose that you are exceptionally well prepared for a particular class assignment.
Although the instructor asks an unusually difficult question, you find yourself knowing the
answer when no one else does. If you want to raise your hand, yet don't want to make your
fellow students look bad, you will experience role strain.
____________ was interested in how societies manage to create social integration —their
members united by shared values and other social bonds. He found the answer in what he
called mechanical solidarity.
Sociologist Emile Durkheim
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