social groups in society
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Social Groups
Social Groups
Social groups consists of a number of people who have a common identity, some feeling of unity, and a certain common goals and shared norms.
Types Of Social Groups
Transitory GroupRecurrent GroupFormal GroupInformal GroupIn GroupOut GroupPrimary GroupSecondary Group
Transitory Group
A Transitory Group is when several people happen to be in the same place at the same time but who may never be again. Their interaction is minimal.
Examples: people crossing the street at the same time at the same intersection; people getting onto the same elevator.
Recurrent Group
A Recurrent Group is one that meets regularly.
Examples:-The field hockey team; an annual family gathering.
Formal Group
A Formal Group is one that has rules and regulations, scheduled meeting times, official roles assigned to members (such as treasurer, coach, etc.), official membership list, etc.
Examples:- official groups, office clubs.
Informal Group
An Informal Group lacks the formality of the formal group. There may be unwritten rules, etc.
Examples: a group of friends; a family; commuters sharing a bus.
IN Groups & Out Groups
An In-Group is simply any group someone belongs to and feels emotional attachment to the members.
An Out-Group is one that someone doesn’t belong to and feels competition and/or hatred towards. These two are different for each individual.
Primary Group
People have strong emotional attachment with members of group.
An individual’s entire personality is important to the group.
Each individual is important to the group. The group particular decide who can be a member.
Very informal; Members feel relaxed around one another.
Goal is simply to enjoy one another’s company.
EX:- A family
Secondary Group
They have little emotion toward one another or members of group.
Only a small piece of an individual’s personality is important to the group.
Group don’t decide who could be the member. Membership is open to all.
Formal; Rules exist to explain how and when interaction takes place.
The group meets for a specific reason.
Ex:- A group of co-workers.
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