Question

Derrick is an active member of Humane Farm Animal Care and abhors killing of animals for food. He does not want to be part of meat-lovers clubs and does not want to be associated with any group that has a history of cruelty toward animals. In this case, meat-lovers clubs are examples of _____ groups.

Answer 1

The correct answer is Dissociative

Social processes are distinguished in associative, when individuals establish positive relationships, cooperation and consensus; and dissociative, when the established relationships are negative, of opposition, of divergence, etc. The associative processes are: cooperation, accommodation and assimilation.

Among the dessociative processes are: competition and conflict. Competition is the dispute of interests between individuals or social groups, regulated by “norms”, with no forms of violence or brute force. Unlike competition, which does not use violent means to achieve the goal; conflict is the process that occurs when competition gains a degree of high social tension, and there may even be violence or threat of violence.