social groups
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Sociology is the study of social relations. It is
primarily concern with the social groups. A man
can’t be social by himself unless he has lived
with others. Man’s life is too vain enormous
extent a group life. The groups we belong to are
not all of equal importance to us. Some groups
tend to influence many aspects of our life and
bring us into personal and familiar association
with others.
“A small collection of people
who interact with each
other, usually face to face,
over time in order to reach
goals.”
Interact
Be interdependent -members rely on one another
Interact for a length of time
Be a particular size
Have hopes of achieving one or more goals
All social groups contain the following:
1. Permanence beyond the the meeting of the group
2. Means for identifying members
3. Ways of recruiting new members
4. Goals and purposes
5. Social statuses, roles = norms for behavior
6. Means of controlling members’ behavior
– these are the
initial groups that a person joins.
Examples are the family, the barkada or
peer group, play group, cliques, gangs,
immediate school group.
interaction among members who have an emotional investment in one another and in a situation, who know one another intimately and interact as total individuals rather than through specialized roles. (FAMILY)
Charles Horton Cooley (1909) called primary groups the nursery of human nature.
Described by saying “we”; it involves the sort of sympathy and mutual identification for which “we” is the natural expression
Family members interact in terms of their entire personalities, not just as specific statuses
These are small groups where relationship is informal and personal.
There is face-to-face association and cooperation.
There is fusion of individualities into a common whole.
There is sympathy and mutual identification.
These groups are the nursery of human nature.
characterized by much less intimacy
among its members. It usually has
specific goals, is formally organized, and
is impersonal.
e.g. Political parties, co-workers, church
members, town residents etc.
These are large groups.
Contacts may be face-to-face, indirect, fleeting, or in longer duration.
Relationship is important insofar as they facilitate attainment of the goal.
There is some sort of contractual relationship based on the attainment of the goal of the group.
Loyalty and sense of belonging does not develop spontaneously.
These are not actually physical groups.
These are only mental perspectives of
the “WE” and the “THEY”.
The We are the in-groups; while the THEY
are the out-group.
Formal groups - these are social structures deliberately organized for the attainment of specific goals which meet the fundamental needs of the members.
Examples: › Schools, churches, hospitals, industrial
establishments, trade unions, government agencies, political parties, military, and civic organizations
Informal groups - these are smaller
groups formed within the Formal group.
They may be dyads or triads.