He most important difference between primary and secondary groups has to do with: a. size, because it is impossible to have intimacy in secondary groups. b. whether the people in the group trust each other. c. the kinds of relationships that exist within them. d. the level of competition for scarce resources within the group.

Imagine a child who consistently gets mediocre grades and is often picked last for a team when games are played at recess. however, he likes to make silly jokes and play pranks, and he notices that people laugh when he does those things. the child starts to think that others are laughing with him, not at him. this is part of the process that charles cooley