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cabate · **on:** Jul 2, 2018

Define the differences among the sociological concepts of groups, aggregates, and categories.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Although __________ theorists acknowledge that the government serves a number of important purposes in society, they assert that government exists for the benefit of wealthy or politically powerful elites who use the government to impose their will on the masses.

a. postmodernb. symbolic interactionist
c. conflict d. functionalist

wilsonbho · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 2, 2018

Answer to Question 1

A social group is a collection of two or more people who interact frequently with one

another, share a sense of belonging, and have a feeling of interdependence. An

aggregate is a collection of people who happen to be in the same place at the same

time but share little else in common (such as several people waiting for a traffic light to

change). A category is a number of people who may never have met one another but

share a similar characteristic (such as education level, age, race, or gender).

Answer to Question 2

c