Chapter 6- Groups and Organization

This article is about Mark Zuckerberg the inventor of Facebook which has everything to do with social networking.  I felt like this article was a good choice because currently Facebook is the number one website for time being spent on it.  http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/z/mark_e_zuckerberg/index.html





The video is a little dry but it covers the social networking point and the positives of it pretty well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a_KF7TYKVc


Information on Groups and Organization
http://education.calumet.purdue.edu/vockell/edPsybook/Edpsy5/edpsy5_attribution.htm - specifically Attribution Theory
http://www.psysr.org/about/pubs_resources/groupthink%20overview.htm - specifically about Group Think


Quote:
“If Facebook were a country, it would now be the 6th most populous in the world.” -InsideFacebook.com


My thoughts:
This chapter I liked the most of the four I chose because it is something im involved in quiet a bit.  I deal with computers and internet stuff on a daily basis. Its very common for people my age to have a Facebook or some source of a social network.  Its a new way to communicate with people and gain new opportunities.  It is definitely new technology and its a growing giant with the new generations. This is why I was so interested in it but its not the only thing that chapter talked about.


It talks about the primary and reference groups and how they are important in creating social interaction between people.  The primary groups create the base for it all then the reference group talks about the relationships and goals we look towards.  It also talks about a few theories like group think and attribution theory and I found that interesting as well but its easier to relate to something your more involved in.

Chapter 6 Crossword

Please complete the crossword puzzle below

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Across: 1. The tendency for group members to reach a consensus opinion. 3. A group that consists of three people. 4. A group consisting of intimate, face-to-face interaction and relatively long-lasting relationships. 5. A type of formal organization characterized by an authority hierarchy,a clear division of labor, explicit rules, and impersonality. 7. A large secondary group, highly organized to accomplish a complex task or tasks and to achieve goals efficiently.

Down: 2. A set of links between individuals, groups, or between other social units. 6. Means that things move from start to finish in a streamlined path. 8. A group consisting of exactly two people. 9. The principle that we all make inferences about the personalities of others. 10. There is an emphasis on the quantitative aspects of products sold.

Chapter 5-Interaction and Social Structure

This article talks about social interaction or the lack of personal face to face interaction and how it leads to people becoming depressed.
http://insciences.org/article.php?article_id=8293





This video is very funny its about the social interaction of the "invisible rope"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0BBgVCAxg0


Informational on Social Structure and Interaction
http://www.studyblue.com/notes/note/n/chapter-4-social-structure-and-social-interaction/note/38484
http://www.continuinged.ku.edu/is/previews/soc104/lessons/lesson2.html


Quote:
"Society does not consist of individuals, but expresses the sum of interrelations, the relations within which these individuals stand." - Karl Marx


My thoughts:
I chose this chapter based on the idea of social interaction and social structure because they are such large parts of everyones life.  Such as how your life is laid out for you can really depend on your social class and that may not always be the case but for most it is. I found it to be very interesting when I read another article saying they could determine how well a kid may do in school before it was born just basing it off its family's social class.  But in the chapter the when Emile Durkheim talks about what society is and how its held together was very fascinating to me. How she talked about the social classes and culture and then the divisions of those.  


It really opened my eyes to see that what she said is true and every where i looked all i ever saw were groups.  Whether it was groups for school or friends or work all these social structures and interaction is what holds this society together.  When i looked at my own groups i realized they hold my life together such as my family, sports, friends and school.  Its the glue to my society. 

Chapter 5 Crossword

Please complete the crossword puzzle below

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Across: 1. A German word that means community 3. A condition wherein a single role brings conflicting expectations. 6. An established position in a social structure that carries with it a degree of prestige. 7. A collection of individuals who share goals and norms. 8. A German word which literally means society 9. A mathematic and economic theory that predicts that human interaction has the characteristics of a game

Down: 2. A persons dominant status. 4. A process by which we imitate the behavior of another person we admire in another particular role. 5. All the roles occupied by a person at a given time. 10. Sociological term for the organized pattern of social relationships and social institutions that together compose society.