lesson 7: social groups

Question 1

made up of two or more individuals who have reciprocal relations and share a sense of unity and common identity

Answer 1

social group

Question 2

two main types of social groups

Answer 2

primary group
secondary group

Question 3

It is the center of social structure, composed of the nuclear family, the extended family, and honorary relations.

Answer 3

family

Question 4

people one knows and with whom one has a bond of mutual affection.

Answer 4

friends

Question 5

They are also emotionally and physically attracted towards each other and share a great deal of time and experiences together.

Answer 5

romantic relationship

Question 6

primary groups (3)

Answer 6

family
friends
romantic relationship

Question 7

large group whose relationships among its members are impersonal and goal-oriented.

Answer 7

secondary group

Question 8

a group wherein people feel that they are part of the social group group.

Answer 8

in group

Question 9

a social group with which an individual does not identify to be part of.

Answer 9

out group

Question 10

Groups to which we consciously or unconsciously refer when we evaluate our life situations and behavior but to which we do not necessarily belong

Answer 10

reference group

Question 11

It serves as a standard to which we measure our behaviors and attitudes. Reference groups are used in order to guide our behavior and attitudes and help us to identify social norms

Answer 11

reference group

Question 12

it is based on the groups shared interests and goals. Members react on a personal level.

Answer 12

Informal reference groups

Question 13

have a specific goal or mission.

Answer 13

Formal reference groups

Question 14

groups that are in agreement with in regards to attitude, norms, and behaviors.

Answer 14

Membership reference groups

Question 15

group we do not agree with in regards to attitudes, norms, and behaviors.

Answer 15

Disclaimant reference groups

Question 16

a group an individual doesn’t belong to but aspires to become a part in the future.

Answer 16

Aspirational reference group

Question 17

a group an individual doesn’t belong to and disapproves of inn regards to attitudes, norms, and behaviors.

Answer 17

Dissociative reference group

Question 18

a theoretical construct useful in the social sciences to study relationships between individuals, groups, organizations, or even entire societies. It is a social structure exists
between actors (individuals and organizations)

Answer 18

social network

Question 19

are “redefined social relations in all domains of life, such as personal relations, politics, business, and economics on a global scales that we can talk of globalization as the rise of a Network Society”

Answer 19

network

Question 20

The components according to Monnier (2010)

Answer 20

Nodes
Ties
Flows

Question 21

Points connected to another point, which can be individuals, corporations, or criminal and terrorist groups

Answer 21

Nodes

Question 22

Can be of different nature such as electronic communications, ideas, money, weapons, or international treaties

Answer 22

Ties

Question 23

Pass through the ties from nodes to nodes

Answer 23

Flows

Question 24

Social networks where divided into three levels of analysis

Answer 24

Micro
Meso
Macro

Question 25

smallest level of analysis of social networks. It explains that a social network typically starts with an individual.

Answer 25

micro

Question 26

micro level (3)

Answer 26

Dyadic Level Triadic Level Actor Level

Question 27

Social relationship starts with two individuals.

Answer 27

dyadic level

Question 28

Social relationship starts with three individuals

Answer 28

triadic level

Question 29

The smallest unit of analysis in a social network is an individual in their social setting.

Answer 29

actor level

Question 30

level of analysis begins with a population size that falls between the micro and macro levels.

Answer 30

meso

Question 31

it analyses generally trace the outcomes of interactions, such as economic or other resource transfer interactions over a large population.

Answer 31

macro