Sociology / Unit 5 Soc 0626 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Secondary Groups
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The idea
Secondary groups are larger, more impersonal, and organized around a shared goal or activity rather than around the relationships themselves.
In practice
A committee, a class, and a work team each exist to accomplish something and dissolve when it ends.
Where people slip
Secondary groups can generate primary ties inside them, and often do.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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