6: Social Groups and Organization Last updated Dec 29, 2021 Save as PDF 5.1.3I: Virtual Worlds 6.1: Society and Groups Page ID130593 AnonymousLibreTexts ( \newcommand{\kernel}{\mathrm{null}\,}\) 6.1: Society and Groups6.2: Types of Social Groups6.2A: The Nature of Groups6.2B: Primary Groups6.2C: Secondary Groups6.2D: In-Groups and Out-Groups6.2E: Reference Groups6.2F: Social Networks6.2G: Online Communities6.3: Functions of Social Groups6.3A: Defining Boundaries6.3B: Choosing Leaders6.3C: Making Decisions6.3D: Setting Goals6.3E: Controlling the Behaviors of Group Members6.4: Large Social Groups6.4A: Formal Structure6.4B: Informal Structure6.4C: Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft6.4D: Mechanical and Organic Solidarity6.5: Bureaucracy6.5A: Bureaucracies and Formal Groups6.5B: Weber’s Model for Bureaucracy6.5C: The “McDonaldization” of Society6.6: Group Dynamics6.6A: Effects of Group Size on Stability and Intimacy6.6B: Effects of Group Size on Attitude and Behavior6.6C: The Asch Experiment- The Power of Peer Pressure6.6D: The Milgram Experiment- The Power of Authority6.6E: Groupthink6.7: Social Structure in the Global Perspective6.7B: Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft6.7C: Lenski’s Sociological Evolution Approach