Social World Model

Sociology
- is the study of social behavior or society,
including its origins, development, organization,
networks, and institutions
Social worlds.
- Term which is frequently applied to
‘universes of discourse’ through which common
symbols, organizations, and activities emerge.
Social World Model
-Allows us to picture level of analysis in our
social environment as interconnected series of
small group, organization, institution, and
societies
Social structure
- is the patterned social arrangements
in society that are both emergent from and
determinant of the actions of the individuals
Social structure define in following scale
• Macro-scale –System of socioeconomic
stratification
• Meso-scale –Structured of social network
• Micro-scale –It can be the way norms, shape
the behavior of individuals
Social Processes
-Social processes are the ways in which
individuals and groups interact, adjust and
readjust and establish relationships and pattern
of behavior which are again modified through
social interactions.
• Types of social processes
• elemental processes
-are those by which the separate elements of
the social system are articulated
The elemental process are
(1) Cognitive mapping and validation,
(2) Tension management and communication of
sentiment,
(3) Goal attaining and concomitant ‘latent’
activity, (4) Evaluation,
(5) Status-role performance,
(5) Status-role performance,
(6) evaluation of actors and Allocation of status-
roles,
(7) Decision-making and initiation of action
(8) Application of sanctions,
(9) Utilization of facilities.
• comprehensive processes
- are those by which several or all of the
elements are articulated or involved.
1) Communication,
(2) Boundary maintenance,
(3) System linkage,
(4) Social control,
(5) Socialization and
(6) Institutionalization.
• Social processes can be positive or negative
Associative Process:
-The associative or conjunctive social processes
are positive. These social processes work for the
solidarity and benefit of society.
-Cooperation

-Accommodation

-Assimilation
• Dissociative Processes:
-Social process which leads to negative results is
called dissociative processes. These social
processes result in disintegration of society.
These also known disjunctive social processes.
-Competition and conflict etc. are examples of
dissociative social processes.
 Categories of Social Processes

• Attrition

• Education and Training

• Experiencing:
• Motivational Development or Loss

• Recruitment and Immigration

• Social Conflict
 Level of Development Analysis

The term "level of analysis" Size of social group

being considered, from the smallest to largest.
• Micro-level
-The smallest unit of analysis in the social sciences is
an individual in their social setting. also referred to as
the local level.
(Persons, Citizen, Partnership, Marriage, Families,
Household)
• Meso-level
-In general, a meso-level analysis indicates
a population size that falls between the micro- and
macro-levels, such as a community or an organization.
(Clan, Tribe, Community, Village, Town, City,
Organization, States)
• Macro-level
Macro-level analyses generally trace the outcomes of
interactions, such as economic or
other resource transfer interactions over a
large population.

(Nation, Civilization, Society, International, Global)