Introduction to Sociology (Eleventh Edition)
Introduction to Sociology (Eleventh Edition)
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ISBN: 9780393639407
Author: Deborah Carr, Anthony Giddens, Mitchell Duneier, Richard P. Appelbaum
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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A social group is a set of people who interact regularly due to shared interests. A social aggregate is a group of people who happen to be in the same place at the same time.

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Social groups are comprised of people who share interests and interact regularly, like a bowling team or sewing circle. The people on the team share an interest in the sport, and they gather regularly to play and socialize, while those in the sewing circle share a hobby and spend time together engaged in that activity. A social aggregate is comprised of people who are in the same place at the same time, but not necessarily interacting. For example, people on a subway train are all commuting, but they are not all there to interact with each other. They may share some interests, but that is not why they are on the train.

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