Groups, deviance, organizations

is a set of individuals who happen to be in the same place at the same time.

• social group

• aggregate

• Primary groups

• Secondary groups

• involuntary groups

are small and tightly knit, bound by a very strong sense of belonging. Family and friendship groups are primary groups. They're mutually supportive places where members can turn for emotional, social, and financial help.

• social group

• aggregate

• Primary groups

• Secondary groups

• involuntary groups

in which membership is assigned such as prisoners in a prison and conscripted soldiers.

• social group

• aggregate

• Primary groups

• Secondary groups

• involuntary groups

is looking to increase harmony and minimize conflict within the group. They aren't focused on any particular goal, they're just trying to promote the well-being of the group's members.

• instrumental leader

• expressive leader

• dominant leader

leaders lead by giving orders and setting down rules which they expect the group to follow.

• Authoritarian

• Democratic

• Laissez faire

- leaders do the least leading. They're extremely permissive, and mostly leave the group to function on its own.

• Authoritarian

• Democratic

• Laissez faire

that you feel antagonism toward, and which you don't identify with.

• Reference groups

• In-group

• Out-groups

are ones where you don't have a say in whether you're a member or not. People are forced into joining these organizations, often as punishment - as in prisons - or treatment - say, through involuntary commitment into a psychiatric hospital.

• Formal organizations

• Utilitarian organizations

• Normative organizations

• Coercive organizations

sometimes called voluntary associations, are organizations that people join as volunteers. This includes charities like the Red Cross, but also political parties and religious organizations.

• Formal organizations

• Utilitarian organizations

• Normative organizations

• coercive organizations

as groups that are organized to achieve goals efficiently

• Formal organizations

• Utilitarian organizations

• Normative organizations

• Coercive

  Organizations