1. 3. Groups
Consists of two or more people who interact frequently and share a common identity and feeling of interdependance.

2. Primary and Secondary Groups
Primary Group: Small, less specialized group in which members engage in face-to-face, emotion based interaction over an extended period of time.
Examples: Family, friends

3. Secondary Group: Larger, more specialized group in which members engage in more impersonal, goal-oriented relationships for a limited period of time.
Examples: Church, schools, work

4. Formal Organization: is a highly structured group formed for the purpose of completing certain tasks or achieving certain goals.
Examples: Universities, corporations

5. Social Institutions Textbook Work
A) Term: Social Institution
B) Identify the differences between “Group” and “Social Institutions”
C) What are the 5 essential tasks performed by social institutions (Functionalist)
D) How do conflict theorists view social institutions

6. A. SOCIAL INSTITUTION:
A set of organized beliefes and rules that establish how a society will attempt to meet it’s basic social needs.

7. B. What is the difference between groups and social institutions?
A group is composed of specific, indentifiable people; an institution is a standardized way of doing something.
FAMILY

8. C. 5 Essential tasks performed by social institutions:
1. Replacing members: (Family) Reproduction
2. Teaching new members: (Family, Education, Religion) Learning values, customs, etc…
3. Producing, distributing, and consuming goods and services: (Economy/Government)
4. Preserving order: (Government, Family, Religion, Military)
5. Providing and maintaining a sense of purpose: (Government, Family, Education) Motivates people to cooperate by providing purpose

9. D.How do conflict theorists view social institutions?
Agree with functionalists that they do meet humans basic needs
They do not work for the common good of everyone
Homeless
Government (Wealthy, Mentally ill)