Welcome To Rural Sociology 1000 Introduction to Rural Sociology

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Welcome To Rural Sociology 1000 Introduction to
Rural Sociology

• Mary Grigsby
• Associate Professor of Rural Sociology
• Division of Applied Social Sciences

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• TOPICS OF DISCUSSION

• Class Business
• The Case of Noodling
• Groups
• Significant Others
• Primary Groups
• Agents of Socialization
• Collective Memory
• Meads Role Taking

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Significant others

• People or characters who are important in an
  individuals life, in that they greatly influence
  that persons self evaluation or motivate
  particular behaviors.

• In the case of noodling, usually a father, uncle,
  or grandfather ranked high in the male pecking
  order of the group.
• Other examples?

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Groups and Primary Groups

• Group-Two or more people who share a distinct
  identity, feel a sense of belonging, and interact
  directly or indirectly with one another.
• Primary Group-A social group that has
  face-to-face contact and strong emotional ties
  among its members. (Share distinct identity,
  language, family descent, military unit, noodling
  group)

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Groups

• Primary Group-A social group that has
  face-to-face contact and strong emotional ties
  among its members.
• Ingroup-Group with which people identify and to
  which they feel closely attached, particularly
  when that attachment is founded on opposition
  toward an outgroup toward which there is a
  feeling of separatness, opposition or even hatred.