A social group is defined as a category of people who interact with each other and share a sense of identity. Furthermore, a collection of people who have a shared set of social expectations and values are said to belong in the same social group. There is typically some awareness of social boundaries within social groups. 

Social Group

- Roles
- Social networks
- Groups and organizations
- Social institutions
- Societies

5 Social Structures

Refers to the relationships and communities that individuals are connected to. 

Horizontal Social Structure

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Horizontal social structure test node

- Forms of Capital
- Division of Labor
- Organization

Economy as a Sociological Structure

The different structures that societies are organized in. They can either be classified as:
- Horizontal
- Vertical

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The study of societal behavior, structures, development, functions, and issues. 

Sociology

5.1 social structure: The building blocks of social life – Sociology. (2016, April 8). Open Textbooks · University of Minnesota Libraries. https://open.lib.umn.edu/sociology/chapter/5-1-social-structure-the-building-blocks-of-social-life/

The building blocks of social life – Sociology

- Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Paulo Freire
- The Nature of Human Conflict, Elton B. McNeil
- A Sociology Experiemnt, Angela Barian et. al
- Essentials of Sociology, Anthony Giddens, et. al
- Forms of Capital by Pierre Bordieu
- Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital, James S Coleman
- What is Social Reproduction Theory, Tithti Bhattacharya 
- The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life, Erving Goffman
- The Mutual-Focus/ Emotional-Entrainment Model, Randall Collins
- The Strength of Weak Ties, Mark S. Granovetter
- Parent–child positivity and romantic relationships in emerging adulthood: Congruence, compensation, and the role of social skills, Kretschmer, T., Vollebergh, W., & Oldehinkel, A. J.
- Gender differences and similarities in strategies for managing conflict with friends and romantic partners, Keener, E., Strough, J., & DiDonato, L.
- Greater maternal insensitivity in childhood predicts greater electrodermal reactivity during conflict discussions with romantic partners in adulthood, Raby, K. L., Roisman, G. I., Simpson, J. A., Collins, W. A., & Steele, R. D. 
- The building blocks of social life – Sociology
- The Foucault Reader: an Introduction to Foucaults Thought, Paul Rabinow
- Orientalism, Edward Said
- Gender Trouble, Feminist Theory, and Psychoanalytic Discourse, Judith Butler
-  Inequality in Social Capital, Nan Lin

Sociology References

Sociologists can help members of a design
team understand the implications of this and to operate in the
more abstract realm of designing services, where you are affected
more by relationships among people as well as between users and
objects or interfaces. Although services have been around for a
long time,the sudden expansion of technology enabled services—
and hence service design as a discipline—is still very new

The addition of the expertise of sociologists to a design team
is especially important when the nature of the constraints is
systemic.When we are designing connected systems of products,
services, and spaces, which are used in real time, the brain of any
designer who tries to absorb all of the constraints is likely to
explode. We are better equipped to face the complexity as an
interdisciplinary team, with a collective consciousness, and the
ability to create designs as a group or team rather than as
individuals.

Design Science and Sociology

- Gender and Sexuality
- Social Class, Inequality, and Poverty
- Environment
- Marriage
- Effects on Early Education Programs in Disadvantaged Children 
- Disability
- Religion
- Family
- Culture
- Race and Ethnicity

Sociological Issues 

- Criminology
- Economic Sociology
- Disaster Studies
- Globalization

Major Subjects within Sociology

- Structural Functionalism
- Conflict Theory
- Symbolic Interactionism
- Social Reproduction Theory
- Practice Theory


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