social group

Question 1

A social group can be a collection of two or more people who interact with one another, share similar characteristics, and collectivity have a sense of unity.

Answer 1

Social group

Question 2

Characteristics of a social group

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Reciprocal relationship
Sense of unity and feeling of sympathy towards each other
We-feeling: members defend their interest collectively.
Common interests and ideas
Similar behavior: for achieving the common goals and interest s
Group norms: every group has its own set of rules and norms.

Question 3

Functions of socialgroup

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Defining Boundaries
Choosing leaders
Making decisions
Setting goals
Assigning tasks
Controlling members behavior

Question 4

Categories of Social Group

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1 . Primary Group
2. Secondary Group
3. In-group
4. Out-group
5. Reference group
6. Networks

Question 5

it is small, intimate and less specialized groups whose members engaged in face to face and emotion based interactions over extended period of time.

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primary group

Question 6

Characteristics of a primary group

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Closeness or Physical proximity
Smallness
Durability
Identity of ends
Relationship is an end in itself
Relationship is personal

Question 7

are larger, less intimate and more specialized groups were member engaged in an impersonal and objective-oriented relationship for a limited time.

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secondary group

Question 8

Characteristics of a secondary group

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Large in size
Formality
Impersonality
Indirect cooperation
Voluntary membership
Status depends upon role

Question 9

Advantages of secondary group

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Efficiency
Wider outlook
Wider opportunities

Question 10

is a group to which we compare ourselves. Reference groups, such as college freshmen, serve as a standard to which we measure our behaviors and attitudes. We use reference groups in order to guide our behavior and attitudes and help us to identify social norms.

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reference group

Question 11

is a group which one belongs and with which one feels a sense of identity

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in group

Question 12

social groups that an individual does not identify with. One feels antagonism and contempt for these groups.

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out group

Question 13

it is a structure of connection of an individual with oneself, with other individuals.

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networks

Question 14

Is a social institution that refers to relations formed between members of society.

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kinship

Question 15

Refers to the origin or background of a person in terms of family or nationality. It is biological relationship.

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descent

Question 16

-is considered as the most basic and general form of relations. The relationship is achieved by birth or blood affinity. The relationship existing between parents and their children, between siblings and between nieces/nephews and aunts/uncles are examples of this type of kinship.

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kinship by blood of consanguineal kinship

Question 17

principles of descent

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unilineal
matrilineal
patrilineal
bilateral

Question 18

refers to the type of relations developed when a marriage occurs. When marriage takes place, new forms of social relations are developed. The husband forms new relations with his wife and with his wife’s family. In the same manner, the wife also develops new relations with her husband and with her husband’s family.

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KINSHIP BY MARRIAGE or AFFINAL KINSHIP

Question 19

• A socially or ritually recognized union or legal contract between spouses that establishes rights and obligations between them.

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marriage

Question 20

Human relation through marriage.

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affinity

Question 21

The social rule which states that a partner must be selected from a person’s own social group.

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endogamy

Question 22

The rule which proclaims that a partner must be chosen from a group different from one’s own.

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exogamy

Question 23

Refers to the marriage of one woman to one man at a time

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monogamy

Question 24

remarriage after death or divorce

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serial monogamy

Question 25

having more than one legal spouse at the same time

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polygamy

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types of polygamy

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polygyny and polyandry

Question 27

man married to more than one wife at a time

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polygyny

Question 28

woman married to more than one man at a time

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polyandry

Question 29

types of arrange marriage

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child marriage
exchange marriage
diplomatic marriage
modern arranged marriage

Question 30

• the parents of a small child arrange a future marriage with another child’s parents.

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child marriage

Question 31

this form of marriage involves a reciprocal exchange of spouses between two nations, groups or tribes.

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exchange marriage

Question 32

marriages are arranged for political reasons, to cement alliances between royal families.

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diplomatic marriage

Question 33

the parents choose several possible mates for the child. Sometimes with the help of the child.

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modern arranged marriage

Question 34

Refer to the conventional rules or patterns of behavior concerning the place a married couple live after marriage.

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post marital residency rules

Question 35

types of post marital residency

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patrilocal
matrilocal
bilocal
neolocal
avunculocal

Question 36

In some societies, kinship relationships extend to people an individual has religious, economic, or political relationship with or other kinds of social ties such as friendships.

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kinship by ritual

Question 37

it refers to a group of people living together and functioning as a single household, usually consisting of parents and their children.

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family

Question 38

Consisting of a pair of adults, and their offspring, regardless of the number, as nuclear family may have any number of children. Also called as CONJUGAL FAMILY

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nuclear family

Question 39

Extends beyond the immediate family, the basic example of which is a married couple and his children that live with either the husband or the wife’s parents.

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extended family

Question 40

Formed by the joining of two adults through marriage, cohabitation, or civil partnership, in which either one or both of the adults have a child or children from a previous relationship living in their home.

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reconstituted fam

Question 41

Are those which “ adopt separate living arrangement in two or more countries but retain close links with their homeland” and also called SEPARATED FAMILIES.

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transnational family

Question 42

Kinship relations may extend to people an individual or a family has political affiliation with.

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political kinship

Question 43

May refer to the system of succession of political leaders from the same family or clan that maintains power for many generations.

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political dynasty

Question 44

As a political parties may be formed by joining of forces of political families, political alliances may be created by the collaboration among some political parties.

Answer 44

political alliance