Mrs. Carmen C.

Carcellar
 Study of patterns of human behavior
 Science of man and society
 Synonymous to (social) anthropology as both
study the interrelationship of man to his
environment
 Study of groups and societies and how they
effect the people
 Study of people and participants as creators
of society
 A unit of interacting personalities with roles
and status among members
 A unit of interacting personalities with an
interdependent or roles and status existing
between or among the members (Cole)
 A number of people who at a given time,
interrelate and interact with one another with
common shared attitudes, sentiments,
aspirations, and goals
 Secondary
Primary or Other
or
Gesellshaft Groups
Gemiellshaft

•Intimate, personal or •In-group

face-to-face •Out-group-
•Impersonal business
relationship avoidance and dislike
like
e.g. group
e.g. •“We feeling” or sense
1.family, parents, and
1.Seller and costumer;
siblings of belongingness
driver and passenger; •Peer groups/ play
2.Neighborhood
sales representative
group group/ gang clique
and pharmacist •Reference group-a
3.School classmates
4.teachers symbol reference or
anchor for an
individual
•Voluntary association
 The main function of society
 The process of entering the human group, of
being included into the secrets of society
 Process of internalizing the norms or
standards of the group among a group
 Leads to assigning of social status
Refers to the position
assigned by a person in
a group or organization
 ASCRIBED STATUS

Acquired at birth e.g., family name,

profession, place of residence

 ACHIEVED STATUS

Realized through hard work, talent, skill,

etc., from rags to riches
Refers to the classification of group
members according to certain criteria
which may differ according to the
nature of the group
 FAMILY
• Basic unit for PEERS
learning • most influential
•Gives first lessons and popular
on values, attitudes, learning
habits etc. SOCIETY institution
•Biggest and most organized
group managed by a selected
set of officers and wit
constitution and by laws to
follow

CHURCH SCHOOL
•Strongly influences the •Provides experiences which
behavior and decision of any other social institutions,
individual or group. give and facilitates the
•Builds the spiritual aspects enculturation and
of a person acculturation process