Social Groups and Networks Key Words

Primary Groups

Small group with emotional ties

Secondary Groups

Larger, impersonal group organized around a goal

Networks

Web of social ties

Network Extensiveness

How vast your network is

• know a guy who knows a guy who knows this guys uncle

Network Density

How interconnected your network is

• tangled up

Network Patterns

• Rural communities likely have denser networks due to proximity and accessibility.

• Urban communities may have extensive networks due to varied connections despite being less personal.

In-Group

You’re group that shares characteristics

Out-Group

Group outside your own

Undercover in a Chicken Factory

Instrumental Leadership

Focused on task completion

Expressive Leadership

Emphasis on group morale

Authoritarian Leadership

Centralized decision-making; top-down approach.

Democratic Leadership

Incorporates group input; decisions made through voting rather than consensus.

Laissez-Faire Leadership

Hands-off approach, allowing the group to self-organize.

Asch’s Experiment

Conformity is displayed as people tend to go along with group opinions, even when they contradict their own beliefs

• the lines

Milgram Experiment

Zip zap experiment

Stanford Prison Exoeriment

Prison 😀 and role taking

Janis Groupthink

The tendency to conform resulting in a narow view of the world, and ignore everything that goes against the group.