Social Interaction,
Social Groups and Formal Organizations
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Introduction to Social Interaction
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Social Structure on Global Perspective
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Social Groups
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Formal Organizations
Introduction to Social Interaction
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Role
Expectations –refer to the suggestions of the cultural norms as to how a
person holding a particular status ought to act or perform
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Role
conflict –refers to the incompatibilities between the two status/positions
given to the same person
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Role
Strain –describes the situation in dealing with the conflicts on two social
statutes/positions
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Role
Exit- refers to the disengagement to a certain role that has been part of
one’s identity to start to build a new one
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Status
Set- all statuses a person holds at a given time
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Role Set-
number of roles attached to a single status
Social Structure on Global Perspective
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Emile
Durkheim’s Mechanical and Organic Solidarity
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Mechanical
Solidarity –a collective consciousness that emphasizes group solidarity
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Organic
Solidarity –a collective consciousness resting on the society’s members
need to have another
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Ferdinand
Tonnies’s Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft
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Gemeinschaft
–typical rural life characterized by close-knit relationship between
members of society
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Gesellschaft
–the ideal society characterized by a modern urban life
· Gerhard
Lenski’s Sociocultural Evolution Approach
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Preindustrial
society –portrays the state of society prior to the coming of advance
technology
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Hunting and gathering societies
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Horticultural societies
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Agrarian societies
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Industrial
Societies –reliance on mechanical power and new sources of energy,
centralized workplaces, economic interdependence and formal education
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Postindustrial
Societies –the main output of postindustrial society is services rather
than manufactured goods
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Postmodern
Society –a technologically sophisticated society preoccupied by consumer
goods and mass media
Social Groups
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Any number of people who share the same norms,
values or expectation and interact with each other on regular basis
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Two or more people in social interaction who
share expectations and responsibilities to the group and who share a unifying
characteristic or sense of purpose
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Primary
and Secondary groups
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Primary
groups –small number of individuals who share an intimate and personal
relationship
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Secondary
groups –formal and impersonal groups characterized by lack of intimacy and
mutual understanding
· In-groups
and Out-groups
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In-groups
–refer to groups whose members feel they belong
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Out-groups
–are groups or categories to which people feel they do not belong
Formal Organizations
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Formal
Organizations –large number of people who have bonded to efficiently
fulfill specific and special purposes
