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Class-XI



                                                   Chapter-2


                    Terms, Concepts and their Use in Sociology



                                                       MindMap



                                                      Terms and concepts
                                                     acts as tool of different
                                                      ways to understand
                                                            society


               A group is a collection of
               individuals but all collectivities do                       Aggregates are simply collections
               not constitute a social group. That                         of people who are in the same
               means any gathering of people do                            place at the sametime, but share
               not necessarily constitute a social                         no definite connection with one
               group.                                                      another. Such aggregates are often

                                                                           termed as quasi groups. A quasi
                                                                           group is an aggregate or
                                                                           combination which lacks structure
                                                                           or organisation.




                                                   Social Group





                                                                              Primary and Secondary Group


                                                                                 Community and Society




                                                                                   Ingroup and Out-group


                                                                                    Reference group


                                                                                      Peer group
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