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    This document discusses different types of groups in sociology. It defines groups as any collection of people who interact and share common characteristics or membership. Primary groups are small, intimate groups like families, while secondary groups are larger, more impersonal groups. Other group types discussed include in-groups, out-groups, reference groups, status groups, pressure groups, ethnic groups, racial groups, and interest groups. The document also notes that group dynamics refers to the study of social forces within groups and how people interact in small groups.

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    This document discusses different types of groups in sociology. It defines groups as any collection of people who interact and share common characteristics or membership. Primary groups are small, intimate groups like families, while secondary groups are larger, more impersonal groups. Other group types discussed include in-groups, out-groups, reference groups, status groups, pressure groups, ethnic groups, racial groups, and interest groups. The document also notes that group dynamics refers to the study of social forces within groups and how people interact in small groups.

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    A small group of thoughtful people could

    change the world. Indeed, it's the only


    thing that ever has.
    Margaret Mead
    Group and Individual

    Kinds of Groups

    Group Dynamics

    Volunteer associations
    Most Important Concepts in sociology…
    Several meanings of “group” in the sociological literature…
    Any physical collection of people
    A number of people who share some common
    characteristics.
    A number of people who share some organized patterns of
    recurrent interaction.
    Any number of people who share consciousness of
    membership together and of interaction.
    Can be defined as two or more humans who interact with
    one another, share similar characteristics and collectively
    have a sense of unity.
    It is through group experience that human beings become
    distinctively human.

    We enter the world as animals with extraordinary learning


    capacities (soul)…

    We internalize the norms of our culture, and come to share


    values, goals, sentiments, and most of what sets us apart from
    other animals.
    Primary groups
    Secondary groups
    In-Group and Out-Group
    Formal and Informal Groups
    Reference Groups
    Status Group
    Pressure Group
    Ethnic Group
    Racial Group
    Interest Group
    Primary groups are small groups with intimate, kinship-based
    relationships: families.
    Secondary groups are large groups involving
    formal and institutional relationships.
    Comparing Primary and Secondary Groups
    Primary Groups Secondary Groups
    Physical Small number Large number
    Conditions Long duration Shorter duration
    Intrinsic (belonging
    naturally) value on Value goals of group
    relationship more than relationship
    Inclusive knowledge of Limited knowledge of
    Social members members
    Characteristics Freedom and External constraint
    spontaneity Formal norms and
    Informal norms and controls
    controls
    Friends Clerk/Customer
    Sample Husband/Wife Performer/Spectator
    Relationships Parent/Child Officer/Subordinate

    Play Group Professional


    Association
    Sample Groups Family Corporation
    Work team Government Agency
    In-Group- A group or category to which people feel
    they belong.

    Out-Group- A group or category to which people feel


    they do not belong.

    Reference Groups- are the referring points of the


    individuals, towards which he is oriented and which
    influences his opinion, tendency and behavior.

    Status Group- A term used by Max Weber to refer to


    people who have the same prestige or lifestyle,
    independent of their class positions.
    Pressure Group-a group in which individuals are similar
    in political and economical interests, try to influence
    the policy of government.

    Ethnic Group- A group that is set apart from others


    because of its national origin or distinctive cultural
    patterns.

    Racial Group- A group that is set apart from others


    because of obvious physical differences.

    Interest Group- A voluntary association of citizens who


    attempt to influence public policy.
    The social process by which people interact face-to-face in small
    groups is called group dynamics.
    The word “dynamics” comes from the Greek word meaning
    “force”; hence group dynamics refers to the study of forces
    operating within a group.

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