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SOCIAL GROUP
Can be defined as a collection of
people who regularly interact with
one another on the basis of shared
expectations concerning behavior
and who share
a sense of common identity.
 Types of Social Group

PRIMARY GROUP SECONDARY GROUP REFERENCE GROUP

Typically a small
group whose Can be small or
A group to which
member share large and they
we
close, are mostly
compare
personal, and impersonal or
ourselves.
enduring short term.
relationships.
PRIMARY
GROUP

Families and
Childhood
friends.
SECONDARY
GROUP

Committees, Project
Groups
.
 REFERENCE
GROUP
In-Group Out-Group
Social groups to • In-Group Social groups that an
which an • Out-Group individual does not
individual feels he . identify with. One feels
or she antagonism and
belongs. contempt for these
One feels loyalty groups.
and respect for
these groups.
KINSHIP
Kinship
Refers to relations formed
between members of the society.
 Types of Kinship
• Kinship by Blood
• Kinship by Marriage
• Kinship by Rituals
Kinship by Blood
Consanguineal
Kinship based on blood is
considered as the most basic and
general form of relationship.
Consanguineal
• Descent
• Lineage
Descent
Refers to a biological
relationship; to an individual’s
child or offspring of his or her
parents.
Lineage
Refers to the line where one’s
descent is traced.
Kinship by Marriage

Refers to the type of relationship

develops when a marriage occurs.
Marriage is an important social
institution wherein two
persons, a man and a woman,
enter into family life.
 Referred Marriage
and Arranged Marriage
• Child Marriage
• Exchange Marriage
• Diplomatic Marriage
• Modern Arranged Marriage
Child Marriage
It happens when parents
arrange for the marriage of
their child, long before the
marriage takes place.
Exchange Marriage
There is a reciprocal exchange
of spouses between two
countries, tribes or groups.
Diplomatic Marriage
Occurs when an arranged
marriage has been established
between two royal or political
families in order to forge
political or diplomatic alliance.
Modern Arranged Marriage

The child’s parent with the

consent of the child, choose
possible mates.
Kinship by Rituals
Compadrazgo
Literally translated as
“godparenthood” is a ritualized
form of forging co-parenthood
or family.
 THE FAMILY
AND
THE HOUSEHOLD
Family
Considered as basic unit of
social organization
Theoretical Perspective
About Family
Structural Functionalism Theory
Family is important because it
performs different roles for society.

1. Agent of Socialization
2. Provide emotional and practical
support for family members.
TYPES OF FAMILY
 TYPES OF FAMILY
• Nuclear Family
• Extended Family
• Blended Family
 NUCLEAR FAMILY

Usually made up of a
group of two adults and
their socially recognized
children.
 EXTENDED FAMILY

a family whose members

go beyond the nuclear
family made up of parents
and their offspring.
 BLENDED FAMILY
Where parents have a child or
children from previous marital
relationship but all members
stay and congregate to form a
new family unit
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