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Social
Groups (Social Interaction is the basic condition)
“A Social Group
is two or more people who identify and interact with one another.” J.J Macionis
A.W Green “An Aggregate of individuals
which persists in time, which has one or more interests or activities in common
and which is organized.”
Basis of Social Group
Importance of
Social Groups
It is basic factor in all social
functions, social structures, and social institution,
system and organizations.
Important in human life and must for
the continuity of human race.
Need fulfillments
Group life
among Animals
Types of Social
Group
1. Primary
Group
2. Secondary
group
3. In-group
and out-group (W.G Sumner.)
4. Formal
and Informal Group
5. Reference
Group(serve as a point of comparison)
6. Ethnic
Group
7. Caste
8. Pressure
Group
9. Vested
Interest Group
10. Club
11. Voluntary
Associations
1. Primary Group
Charles Horton Cooley, “A primary group is a small social
group whose members share personal and lasting relationships.
Characteristics of Primary
Group
I.
Face-to-face interaction
II.
Intimacy
III.
Mutual Aid and help
IV.
Consciousness of kind
V.
We-Feeling
VI.
Small in size
VII.
Physical proximity or nearness
VIII.
Frequent interaction
IX.
Personal relation
X.
Similarity of background
2. Secondary Group
“Secondary groups is large and
impersonal group whose members pursue a specific goral or activity.”
Ogburn and Nimkoff, “Groups which provide experience lacking in
intimacy can be called secondary group.”
Characteristic of Secondary
Group
I.
Large in size
II.
Less physical proximity
III.
Impersonal or secondary relation
IV.
Membership
V.
Specific ends or interests
VI.
Indirect communication
VII.
Social Control
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