Primary Groups

Small social group shose members share personal and lasting relationships.

Secondary Groups

Large and impersonal social group whose members pursue a specific goal or activity

Instrumental leadership

refers to group leadership that focuses

on the completion of tasks

Expressive  Leadership

group leadership that focuses  on the group's well being

Leadership style

Authoritarian leadership

Focuses on instrumental  concerns, takes personal charge of decision making and demands that the group members obey

Leadership style

Democratic leadership

is more expressive, making a point of including everyone in the decision making process.

 Leadership Style

Laissez-Faire Leadership

french for "to leave alone" 

allows the group to function

more or less on its own

Group Conformity

Asch's Research

conformity with others in group peer pressure

Group conformity 

Stanley Milgrams Research

conformity to instruction from authority figure

controversial

Reference Groups

social group that serves a point of

reference in making evaluations and

decisions

Samuel Stoffer's research study on

Reference groups during

WW II

perception supports reference group impact our behavior and to establish our own self concepts

Ingroups

social group toward which a member geels respect and commitment

Outgroups

social grpu toward which a person feels

a sense of competition or

opposition

Networks

a web of weak social ties

what is the significance

of NETWORKS?

significant because it is used for personal and

professional gain, to help people get ahead

and stay ahead in society, the "its not what you

know but who you know" syndrome.

Formal organizations

large secondary groups organized to

achieve thier goals efficently

Bureaucracy

organizational model rationally

designed to perform tasks efficiently

Problems with BUREAUCRACY

bureaucratic alienation

bureaucratic inefficiency and ritualism

bureaucratic inertia

oligarchy