1. Chapter 6: Societies to Social Networks Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 20051 Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach 7/e James M. Henslin Chapter Six: Societies to Social Networks James M. Henslin Chapter Six: Societies to Social Networks This multimedia product and its contents are protected under copyright law. The following are prohibited by law: any public performance or display, including transmission of any image over a network; preparation of any derivative work, including the extraction, in whole or in part, of any images; any rental, lease, or lending of the program.

2. Chapter 6: Societies to Social Networks Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 20052 “People who interact with one another and think of themselves as belonging together.” What is a Group?

3. Chapter 6: Societies to Social Networks Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 20053  Domestication Revolution  Hunting and Gathering  Pastoral and Horticultural  Agricultural Societies and Their Transformation

4. Chapter 6: Societies to Social Networks Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 20054  Industrial Revolution  Postindustrial (Information)  Bioeconomic—New Type? Societies and Their Transformation

5. Chapter 6: Societies to Social Networks Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 20055  Social Equality Greatest in Hunting/Gathering Societies  Social Inequality Grew Over Time  Accumulation of Food Surplus Stimulated Change Groups Within Society

6. Chapter 6: Societies to Social Networks Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 20056  Primary Groups  Face-to-Face  The Family  Friends  Producing a Mirror Within Groups Within Society

7. Chapter 6: Societies to Social Networks Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 20057  Secondary Groups  Larger, More Anonymous  Members Interact Based on Roles  Fail to Satisfy Need for Intimate Association Groups Within Society

8. Chapter 6: Societies to Social Networks Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 20058  In-Groups and Out-Groups  Loyalty to In-Groups  Antagonism Towards Out-Groups Groups Within Society

9. Chapter 6: Societies to Social Networks Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 20059  In-Groups and Out-Groups Produce…  Loyalty  Sense of Superiority  Rivalries  Implications for Socially Diverse Society Groups Within Society

10. Chapter 6: Societies to Social Networks Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 200510  Reference Groups  Provide a Yardstick  Expose Us to Contradictory Standards Groups Within Society

11. Chapter 6: Societies to Social Networks Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 200511  Social Networks  The Small World Phenomenon  Is the Small World Phenomenon a Myth? Groups Within Society

12. Chapter 6: Societies to Social Networks Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 200512  Implications for Socially Diverse Society  Implications for Science Groups Within Society

13. Chapter 6: Societies to Social Networks Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 200513  Electronic Communities  People Connect Online  Newsgroups  Online Chat Rooms  Some Meet Definition of a Group Groups Within Society

14. Chapter 6: Societies to Social Networks Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 200514  Group Size Affects Stability and Intimacy  Dyad  Triad  Coalitions  As Size Increases, So Does Stability  As Size Increases, Intensity and Intimacy Decrease Group Dynamics

15. Chapter 6: Societies to Social Networks Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 200515  Effects of Group Size on Attitudes and Behavior  The Larger the Group…  Greater Diffusion of Responsibility  Increase in Formality  Division into Smaller Groups Group Dynamics

16. Chapter 6: Societies to Social Networks Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 200516  Who Becomes a Leader?  Types of Leaders  Instrumental  Expressive Leadership

17. Chapter 6: Societies to Social Networks Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 200517  Leadership Styles  Authoritarian  Democratic  Laissez-Faire  Leadership Styles in Changing Situations Leadership

18. Chapter 6: Societies to Social Networks Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 200518  Power of Peer Pressure—Asch Experiment  Study on Conformity  Power of Authority—Milgram Experiment  Administering Shocks Group Dynamics

19. Chapter 6: Societies to Social Networks Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 200519  Irving Janis Coined the Term  Examples of Groupthink  Preventing Groupthink Groupthink—Global Consequences