GS 13 ED 702

Sociology of Education

JOANNE MAE M. MENDEZ Dr. Carlyn Dela Pena

DEV.ED.D. - student
Professor
SOCIAL GROUPS
and

SOCIAL
ORGANIZATIONS
SOCIAL GROUPS
A social group is a group of individuals
whose relationships and interactions are for
achieving a common goal which benefits
them or the society. It is also known as a
social organization
a. Primary Social Group
This consists of people who usually have close relationship
over a long period of time and are emotionally committed
to one another

Examples of Primary Social Groups

Characteristics of Primary Social
Group
a. Face to Face interaction
b. Smallness of size
c. Loyalty to one another
d. Emotional commitment to one another
e. Permanent relationships
f. It is a multipurpose organizations
a. Secondary Social Group
This consists of a large number of people most of who
don’t know each other.

Examples of Secondary Social Groups

Characteristics of Secondary
Social Group
a. Large membership
b. Members are not closely related by blood
c. Members are spread over different and distant
geographical locations
d. Members operate or interact strictly within led
down rules and regulations
e. Members are united by a common goal
f. The punishment for members is more severe than
that of the primary group
 SIMILARITIES between
PRIMARY and SECONDARY
GROUPS

a. They are social organizations

b. They have aims and objectives
c. They have leaders and followers
d. They protect member interests
e. They are useful in the society
 DIFFERENCES between
PRIMARY and SECONDARY
GROUPS
Primary Group Secondary Group
1. Members related by blood or descent Members are from different socio –cultural
and historical backgrounds
2. Small membership Large membership in size
3. Members maintain very close Relationship here is purely official formal
relationships
4. Rules and regulations are very simple Rules and regulations are complex and
and not stringent stringent
5. A multipurpose organization A special purpose organization with a
specific assignment or duty in the society
SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS

In sociology, a social organization is a pattern of

relationships between and among individuals
and social groups.
TYPES OF SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS

Four basic types of groups have

traditionally been recognized:
primary groups, secondary groups,
collective groups, and categories.
CHARACTERISTICS OF SOCIAL GROUPS

Characteristics by a formal structure of

rules, authority relations, a division of
labor and limited membership or
admission