How Society is Organized | SOCIO 100

Question 1

Can be defined as a collection of people who regularly interact with one another on the basis of shared expectations concerning behavior and who share a sense of common identity and as a result of this interaction, the members of the group feel a common sense of belonging.

Answer 1

SOCIAL GROUP

Question 2

What are the two types of Social groups?

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Aggregate & Category

Question 3

Cluster of people who may be on close physical proximity but do not interact with one another.

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AGGREGATE

Question 4

A collection of people with common traits and interests. These people may not be physically together, and may have limited to no social interaction at all, but their sense of belongingness and identity.

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CATEGORY

Question 5

A necessary condition that exists within social groups.
Enables members to pursue shared goals or promote common values and principles.

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INTERDEPENDENCE

Question 6

Refers to a cluster of people interacting with one another is an passing or short-lived manner.

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COLLECTIVITY

Question 7

To be called a social group we must possess the following:

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INTERDEPENDENCE & COLLECTIVITY

Question 8

What are the social group according to ties?

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PRIMARY GROUP & SECONDARY GROUP

Question 9

It is a long-lasting group whose members have intimate, personal, continuous, face-to-face relationships.

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PRIMARY GROUP

Question 10

Usually large in size (not always), not very enduring, and with limited relationships, weak ties of affection, weak personal identity with the group and limited face-to-face interaction. Characterized by impersonal, business-like, contractual, formal, and casual relationships.
Only interests and goals are the connections.

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SECONDARY GROUP

Question 11

An American Sociologist, introduces the concept of primary group to describe certain groups in the society. He regarded the families as primary groups, because they are the first groups experienced by an individual.

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CHARLES HORTON COOLEY

Question 12

What are the social groups according to organizations?

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In-group and Out-group

Question 13

It is a social unit to which individuals feel at home and with which they identify. It produces a “WE FEELING.”

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IN-GROUP

Question 14

It is a social unit to which individuals do not belong due to differences in certain social categories and with which they do not identify. Often viewed as “THEY”

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OUT-GROUP

Question 15

What are the social group according to self identificiation?

Answer 15

Reference Group, Positive Reference Group, Negative Reference Group, Network

Question 16

The social comparison theory tells us that humans have an innate drive to produce accurate evaluations of oneself.

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SOCIAL COMPARISON THEORY

Question 17

Component that individuals use as a standard towards the achievement of a desired behavior in making judgment about the quality of life or things. Any group to which an individual compares himself.

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REFERENCE GROUP

Question 18

Are those of which one aspires to be part. The norms of these groups are followed by people in the hopes of being accepted in the group itself.

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POSITIVE REFERENCE GROUP

Question 19

A group which people do not want to identify with. As a result, norms of the negative reference groups are usually avoided.

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NEGATIVE REFERENCE GROUP

Question 20

A group that includes individuals who come into casual connection but who do not have enough sense of belongingness.

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NETWORK

Question 21

TRUE OR FALSE

Network cannot be considered as a group since the social ties connecting its members are too weak to establish a sense of belonging and boundary.

Answer 21

TRUE - According to Herbert Hyman

Question 22

A behavior that we all do without talking about our response towards something. (ex. Car Accident, Earthquake, Watching Horror movie)

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COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR

Question 23

What is the function of Social Group?

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1.) Involves limited and short-lived social interactions, while groups tend to remain together longer.

2.) Has no clear boundaries; anyone can be a member of the collective, while membership is usually more discriminating.

3.) Generates weak and unconventional norms, while groups tend to have stronger and more conventional norms.

Question 24

What are the forms of collective behavior?

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CROWD

Question 25

An unorganized temporary group of people confronted by a novel or problematic-situation gathered at a particular time and place.

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CROWD

Question 26

What are the types of Crowd?

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CaCoAE

Question 27

Participants are gathered because of an event or happening.

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CASUAL CROWD

Question 28

Characterized by established, regular ways of behavior like those of the time and place of performance, order of activities, and certain ways of behaving. Can determine when will happen.

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CONVENTIONAL CROWD

Question 29

Members are actually involved in the event in pursuit of a goal.

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ACTING CROWD

Question 30

Are people who join together to express emotion, often at funerals, weddings, or the like.

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EXPRESSIVE CROWD

Question 31

What are the forms of collective behavior?

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MASS BEHAVIOR/INTERACTION

Question 32

Forms of moral behavior that are longer in duration that the crowd and considered to be more of responses to opportunities rather than threats.

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MASS BEHAVIOR/INTERACTION

Question 33

A collective behavior that takes place when people respond to the same event in the same way. (efioque.com)

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MASS BEHAVIOR/INTERACTION

Question 34

What are the Types of Mass Interaction?

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FFTC
Fashion
Trend
Fad
Craze

(4)

Question 35

Refers to the changes in the lifestyle of clothing, hair, style, houses or cars; the changes are cyclical in the sense that it has the tendency to reappear.

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FASHION

Question 36

A behavior or new way of doing things and it has a big impact on our society. It is a sequential pattern of change in a condition, output, or process, or an average or general tendency of series of data points to move in a certain direction overtime, represented by a line of curve on a graph.

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TREND

Question 37

Is a short-term event, that some may called as a “flash in the pan.” In economics, a product that has little, if any, utility but is characterized by a quick rise in sales and popularity followed by a quick decline in sales and popularity.

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FAD

Question 38

Develops when a particular object is given an unusually high value, and as a result serves as one of those obsessions of an individual.

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CRAZE

Question 39

What are the forms of collective behavior?

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PROPAGANDA

Question 40

A deliberate attempt to lead people to accept a certain idea or belief and so influence their opinions and behavior.

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PROPAGANDA

Question 41

What are the modern devices for propaganda?

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NTCBSBP

Question 42

Trying to give a shorthand of stimulus by summarizing an idea in one word which has a special meaning.
Way of smearing an opponent. Giving a person or an idea a bad label by using an easy to remember pejorative name.

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NAME CALLING

Question 43

Marketing strategy that utilizes customer testimonials to promote products or services.
This technique consists of having respected people or endorsers.

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TESTIMONIAL

Question 44

Designates the use of carefully bits of information which present only one side of the topic. Not telling lies, but not telling the whole truth.

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CARD STACKING

Question 45

This common propaganda method is when the speaker tries to convince us to accept their point of view or else we will miss out on something really good.

This technique is often used in advertising.
It is linked to the popular notion that the majority is always right, so why not follow.

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BANDWAGON

Question 46

This technique is used to play for more time or to avoid answering a pointed question.

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STALLING

Question 47

It is the technique of springing the fault on somebody else.

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BUCK PASSING