Think of a situation you have encountered or have heard of in which there were in-groups and out-groups
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 01:34:08
Category: / Social Sciences / Sociology
Length: 3 pages (690 words)
Category: / Social Sciences / Sociology
Length: 3 pages (690 words)
*Describe a few of the groups.
*What traits account for the groups falling into each category?
*What types of influences did those groups have on their members?
In-Group and Out-Groups: Everyone wants to belong
Everyone at some point in their lives have been apart of a "group". It may have been the "in-crowd" or the "out-siders" but you belong or were associated with one. With every group, there is a certain role to play, and/…
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…once you have learned it. For me, I thought I was normal but for the new cultural environment I am not.
Resources:
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company, www.dictionary.com
John J. Macionis (2005), Sociology 10th edition, Pearson Prentice Hall. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey
Groupthink Revisited: Communities of Practice, In-groups, Out-groups, and the Space Between, http://www.newnet.org
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