HOWARE THESE

GROUP EXIST?
REFLECTION:

If you are to choose, what

would it be, your family or
your personal interest?
TYPES OF SOCIAL
GROUPS
UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY AND POLITICS
TYPES OF SOCIAL GROUP:

PRIMARY GROUP
SECONDARY GROUP
IN-GROUP
OUT – GROUP
PRIMARY GROUP

Total personality of human being is taken

into account.
Relationships are intimate and face to
face.
Communication is profound and strong
Personal satisfaction are utmost important.
PRIMARY GROUP

A person in this group cannot be

replaced by another person.
Family relationship are the most
important.
Family relationships are very
intimate and private.
 PRIMARY GROUP

 Characterized by intimate face to face

association and cooperation.
 Involve sort of sympathy and mutual identification
for which “we” is the natural expression.
 Consist of small face to face structures such as
family and friendship groups where personalities
fuse into a common whole.
 PRIMARY GROUP
 Initial
group that a person joins and provide him
or her with experiences in social relations.
 Called nursery of human nature because this
group shaped out personality and developed our
self concept.
 An individual acquired ideas and expression of
love, affection, sympathy and kindness, loyalty
and justice.
PRIMARY GROUP

Basic Primary Group

is family.
SECONDARY GROUP

Interaction among the members are

business-like, impersonal, casual and
contractual.
This relationship involves a reaction to
only a part of the individual’s personality.
SECONDARY GROUP

Tend to be casual, temporary

and limited in personal
involvement.
The individual can be easily
replaced by anyone who can
carry out the same function.
 SECONDARY GROUP

 The focus is on its goal rather than on personal

relationships that characterize primary and local
groups.
 Contacts may be face-to-face, indirect or
transitory.
 Relationships are important only to facilitate the
realization of one’s end or objectives.
SECONDARY GROUP

There is no sense of loyalty and

no sense of belongingness.
Advantages: for appointment
and promotion.
Example:
Example:
APPLICATION

Ifyou are to choose, what

would it be, your family or
your personal interest?
WHY?
LET US SUMMARIZE

What are the types of social

group?
What is the difference
between primary and
secondary group?
EVALUATING

1. Differentiate primary and

secondary group.
2. What are the importance
of each group?