LESSON 4 Flashcards
Groups are the smallest unit that compose society
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Believed that man is a social animal that human being naturally equipped with tools.
Plato
Collection of individuals who have relations with one another that make them interdependent to some significant degree.
Social Group
necessary condition exist in social groups because it is what enables its members to pursue shared goals and promote common values and principles.
Interdependence
Do not necessarily influence our social nations as there might be no direct interaction and interdependence with the people composing it.
Aggregate
Small, intimate, less specialized.
Engaging f2f and emotional based interactions over extended period of time.
Primary Group
Larger, less intimate, and more specialized.
Engage in impersonal and objective-oriented relationship for a limited time.
Secondary Group
Argues that shift from traditional to modern society will impact how individuals relate to one another.
-people will have less time to nurture and interact with their primary group.
Emile Durkheim
People’s appreciation of their group membership is influenced by their perception towards people who are not members of their groups.
Self-Categorization Theory
One belongs and feels a sense of identity.
In group
Group to which one does not belong and may feel a sense of competitiveness and hostility.
Out-group
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Example of social dynamics between in groups and out groups are: Universal fraternities and sororities.
An individual compares himself/herself.
Source of role models.
It can molds’s people aspiration in life and aspire them to pursue greater things.
Reference Group
Refers to the structure of relationships between social actors or groups. These are intercommunication, ties and linkages between people.
Network
Networks are exclusive,limited and mostly defined by kinship. Provides solidarity through shared identities, simple division of labor and social roles.
Traditional/primitive societies
Safe and secure. By allowing individual to become part of expanded and cosmopolitan network.
Modern Society
Provides an important context in understanding how various groups are interrelated with one another. Provides bigger pool. Draw their possible sources of identity, self-esteem, and self actualization. People find alternative group if their previous ones fail/disappoint them.
Social networks
Example of networks are:
Facebook, twitter, Instagram
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Primary group affiliation of filipinos is based on kinship ties.
Examples of primary group :
Family, close-friends, work related peers, classmates and church groups.
Examples of Secondary groups
Employees and colleagues, professional relationship between lawyer and client, and stockholders and shareholders
In groups examples are:
Church, fellow club members, neighbors in society, and sports team.
