1st Topic Flashcards
Necessary condition that exists within social groups because it is what enables its members to pursue shared goals
INTERDEPENDENCE
A collection of individuals who have relations with one another that make them interdependent to some significant degree.
SOCIAL GROUP
Beyond the Individual, groups are the smaller units that compose society. societies can be as big as: the members of a particular religous organization, such as the Filipino Church or Muslim community, or as small as household.
GROUPS WITHIN SOCIETY
He believed that man is social animal.
PLATO
•Network of relatives within which individuals process certain mutual rights and obligations. The bond of blood or mariage which binds people together in group.
KINSHIP
EXAMPLES OF PRIMARY GROUPS
Family
Close Friends
Work-related peers
classmates
Church groups
·Relationship based upon marriage or cohabitation between collaterals (people treated as the same generation).
Affinal kinship
Refers to the structure of relationships
Networks
Group to which an individual compares himself or herself
Reference Groups
Network that weaves past and present members
Fraternity and Sorority
An exclusive all male student organizations
Fraternity
An exclusive all-female organization (female version of frat)
Sorority
Redefined the safe and secure arrangement provided by traditional networks
Modern Society
Networks are exclusive, limited, and mostly defined kinship. They also provide solidarity
Traditional or Primitive Societies
Proposes that people’s appreciation of their group membership is influenced by their perception towards people who are not members of their groups
Self-Categorization Theory
Group to which one belongs and with which one feels a sense of identity In Group
In Group
A group to which one does not belong and to which he or she may feel a sense of competitiveness of hostility
Out Group
Sociologist “ “ argued that the shift from traditional to society will impact how individual’s relate to one aother
Emile Durkheim
Small, intimate, and less specialized group whose members engage in face-to-face and emotion-based interactions over an extended period of time
Primary Groups
Larger, less intimate, and more specialized groups where members engage in an impersonal and objective-oriented relationship for a limited time
Secondary Group
Connects between people that are traced by blood
Consanguineous kinship
