Concept of

social groups

REPORTERS:RENCUDO & MACEDA

WHAT IS A GROUP?
 A Social Group can be defined as two or more people
who interact with one another, share similar
characteristics,
and collectively have a sense of unity.

Social Group, any set of human beings who either are,

recently have been, or anticipate being in some kind
of interrelation. The term group, or social group, has
been used to designate many kinds of aggregations of
humans. Aggregations of two members and
aggregations that include the total population of a
large nation-state have been called groups.
BASIC CLASSIFICATIONS OF
SOCIAL GROUP
 1.PRIMARY GROUPS

“Primary group” refers to those personal relations that are direct, face-to-face,
relatively permanent, and intimate, such as the relations in a family, a group of close
friends, and the Relationships formed in primary groups are often long lasting and
goals in themselves.

Examples of primary groups are:

families, friends, peers, neighbors, classmates, sororities, fraternities, and
church members. These groups are marked by primary relationships in which
communication is informal. Members of primary groups have strong emotional ties.
EX.PRIMARY GROUP
EX.SECONDARY GROUP
EX. IN GROUP & OUT GROUP
6.NETWORK
 There is some organization in our lives because of these social groups.
Within these groups, we have our social networks. When you hear the
term social network, you may immediately think of Facebook or Twitter.
You’re right!

Those are types of online social networks! Let’s think offline for a
moment though. In the offline world, social networks refer to the social
ties that link us together with other people. These ties include your
family, friends, acquaintances, classmates, colleagues, neighbors, etc.