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Question: The situation in New Rochelle can best be understood through the lens of sociology, most notably through the concept of the social network: that is, all the direct and indirect connections that link one particular individual or group with other people or groups.

What causes otherwise upstanding young men and women- many of whom are top students, star athletes, and accomplished musicians -to essentially torture their classmates? And why doesn't one brave soul in the group stand up to stop the abuse? Why do "pledges," those youn o men and women striving to join a college fraternity or 139 sorority, subject themselves to this mistreatment?Every day nearly all of us participate in groups and group activities.

Examples of secondary groups include business organizations, schools, work groups, athletic clubs, and governmental bodies.

Secondary groups seldom involve intense emotional ties, powerful commitments to the group itself, or feelings of unity.

" Cooley argued that while people belong to primary groups mainly because such groups are inherently fulfilling, people join secondary groups to achieve some specific goal: to earn a living, get a college degree, or compete in sports.

Secondary groups may become primary groups for some of their members.

Such transformational leaders go beyond the merely routine, instilling in the members of their group a sense of mission or higher purpose and thereby changing the nature of the group itself.

What is the paining this is trying to make and what those it connect to sociology