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SOCIAL ORGANIZATION

OBJECTIVES:
1. Define the concept of social groups
2. Identify the characteristics and forms of social
groups.
3. Share examples of primary, secondary, in, out,
reference groups and networks based on real life
situations.
● GROUP- composed of two or more people
interacting with each other and guided by a set of
norms. It is also defined as a specified number of
individuals where each recognizes members as distinct
from non-members.
● Social group-composed of two or more people who

interact or socialize with one another, share similar


interests, beliefs, and values.
Classification of Social Groups
1. Primary Groups-marked by concern for one another, shared
activities and culture, and long periods of time spent together. They
are influential in developing an individual’s personal identity.
● maintain and develop the relationships (emotional investment or
attachment in one another and a situation, who know one another)
● intimately and interact as total individuals
The goal of Primary Groups is actually the relationships themselves
rather than achieving some other purpose.

Ex. Family, childhood friends, close friends, play group,


Village/Neighborhood, Work-team
Classification of Social Groups
2. Secondary Groups- involve weak emotional ties and little personal
knowledge of one another. Don’t have the goal of maintaining and
developing the relationships. (usually have specific goals, are formally
organized, and are impersonal)
based on usual or habitual interests or affairs. It includes groups in
which one exchanges explicit commodities. (labor for wages, services
for payments, etc. Examples of these would be employment, vendor-
to-client relationships, a doctor, a mechanic, an accountant)
Sample: Nation, Church Hierarchy, Professional Association,
Corporation, University classes, Athletic teams, and groups of
coworkers.
Classification of Social Groups
3. In-group- belong to the same group as others who share the same
common bond and interests who are more likely to understand each
other refers to an in- group.
-a social group to which a person psychologically identifies as being a
member.
Sample: Sports team, Unions and Sororities
4. Out-group- do not belong to the in-group are part of the out-group,
which exist in the perceptions of the in-group members and takes on
social reality because of behavior by in-group members who use the
out-group as a negative point of reference.
-social group with which an individual does not identify.
Classification of Social Groups
5. Reference Groups - a collection of people that we use as a
standard of comparison for ourselves regardless of whether
we are part of that group.
-It is often a category we identify with, rather than a specific
group we belong to.
-to understand social norms, which then shape our values,
ideas, behavior, and appearance. To evaluate the relative
worth, desirability, or appropriateness of these things.
Sample: parents, siblings, teachers, peers, associates and
Types of reference groups
● Normative reference group influences your norms,

attitudes, and values through direct interaction. (teacher,


siblings, friends)
● Comparative reference group is a group of individuals
whom you compare yourself against and may strive to be
like. (celebrities, heroes)
Classification of Social Groups
6. Network- collection of people tied together by a specific
pattern of connections.
Characteristics:
● Number of people involved (dyad (by twos) and triad (by

threes)/Structures(who is connected to whom) /Functions


(what flows across ties)
Sample: Family Members, Friends, Work Colleagues,
Classmates, Social networking sites (Facebook, Snapchat,
Twitter, and Instagram)
Thank You!

References:
Learners Packet
Module (Understanding Culture, Society and
Politics)

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