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yoroshambo · **on:** Jul 1, 2018

Describe a social group.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

When sociologists speak of the development of underdevelopment, they are referring to the fact that:

a. economic development in industrial nations produces poverty and dependency in third world nations
b. underdeveloped countries are unable to compete in the world economy
c. underdeveloped countries benefit from underdevelopment
d. underdeveloped countries no longer have natural resources to export to developed nations

Chelseyj.hasty · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 1, 2018

Answer to Question 1

A social group is a plurality of people who are actually in interaction. There are certain membership criteria and a sense of identity. Groups have social boundaries--some people are recognized as belonging and others as not. Groups have a clear social structure with the members having different statuses and roles. There are feelings of attachment and unity, and norms governing behavior.

Answer to Question 2

A