6: Social Groups and Organization Last updated Dec 16, 2020 Save as PDF 5.3I: Virtual Worlds 6.1: Types of Social Groups Page ID7602 ( \newcommand{\kernel}{\mathrm{null}\,}\) 6.1: Types of Social Groups6.1A: The Nature of Groups6.1B: Primary Groups6.1C: Secondary Groups6.1D: In-Groups and Out-Groups6.1E: Reference Groups6.1F: Social Networks6.1G: Online Communities6.2: Functions of Social Groups6.2A: Defining Boundaries6.2B: Choosing Leaders6.2C: Making Decisions6.2D: Setting Goals6.2E: Controlling the Behaviors of Group Members6.3: Large Social Groups6.3A: Formal Structure6.3B: Informal Structure6.3C: Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft6.3D: Mechanical and Organic Solidarity6.4: Bureaucracy6.4A: Bureaucracies and Formal Groups6.4B: Weber’s Model for Bureaucracy6.4C: The “McDonaldization” of Society6.5: Group Dynamics6.5A: Effects of Group Size on Stability and Intimacy6.5B: Effects of Group Size on Attitude and Behavior6.5C: The Asch Experiment- The Power of Peer Pressure6.5D: The Milgram Experiment- The Power of Authority6.5E: Groupthink6.6: Social Structure in the Global Perspective6.6A: Durkheim’s Mechanical and Organic Solidarity6.6B: Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft6.6C: Lenski’s Sociological Evolution Approach