HOW

SOCIETY IS
ORGANIZED
P R E PA R E D B Y:
MS. JUVY MAE O. ASUNCION
GROUP SOCIAL
• A group is composed
of two or more persons
GROUP
• A collection of individuals
who have relations with
interacting with each one another that make them
other and guided by a interdependent to some
set of norms. significant degree.
PRIMARY
• Small and characterized by close,
GROUP personal, and intimate relationships
that last an extended time, maybe a
lifetime. These relationships are
deeply personal and loaded with
emotion.
• Example: Family, Close-friends,
Romantic Partner, member of
spiritual group.
SECONDARY
• Larger and less intimate and more
GROUPspecialized groups where members
engage in an impersonal and objective
-oriented relationship for a limited
time.
• Example: Coworkers, Schoolmates,
Teachers, Administrator in academic
setting, Doctor-patient, School Clubs
IN-GROUP
• A group to which a person
belongs, and with which he or
she feels a sense of identity.
• Formed out of shared interest
and common experiences and
ideas in life.
• Satisfy the old saying “birds
of the same feather flock
together”.
 OUT-
GROUP• It is a group to
which one does not
belong and to
which he or she
may feel hostility.
REFERENCE
GROUP
• a collection of people that we use
as a standard of comparison for
ourselves regardless of whether
we are part of that group. It is a
group in which we compare
ourselves. It serves as the
standard to which we base our
behavior and attitudes.
 K I N S H I P,
MARRIAGE,
&
HOUSEHOL
KINSHIP
• Is a social institution that refers to relations formed
between members of society

CONSANGUINEAL AFFINAL KINSHIP

KINSHIP
• This kinship is based on blood or
birth. It involves people who are • Relatives by marriage,
directly related. such as husband and
• Example: Brother and Sister,
wife, parent-in-law
Parents and their children,
Grandmother , etc.
 DESCENT
• It it refers to the origin or background of a person in terms
of family or nationality.

UNILINEAL DESCENT
• traces descent only through a single line of ancestors, it is either from
mother or father descent but not both.
⚬ Patrilineal Descent
⚬ Matrilineal Descent
 PATRILINEAL
Affiliates DESCENT
a person with a group of
relatives
through his or her father's side.
 MATRILINEAL
• DESCENT
Affiliates a person with a group of
relatives
through his or her mother ’s side.
 BILATERAL
• DESCENT
means that families are defined by descent
from both the
father and the mother ’s sides of the family
QUESTION?