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SOCIAL GROUP

Chapter 9
Social Group
- Is a collection of person who identify and interact with one another on a
regular basis to pursue a goal and engage in sets of activities that relate
group member to one another
ADVANTAGES OF GROUP OF LIFE

o Survival
- among the hominoids ( monkeys, apes and humans ), group life is necessary
for survival, because group of life assures reproductive success due to access
to mates at all times, assures the members to adequate supply of food, and
provides extensive socialization and care for newborn from the adult and peer
members. In addition, it is necessary to defense, detection and avoidance of
the enemy.
ADVANTAGES OF GROUP OF LIFE

o Satisfaction of Socially-based Needs


- Human seek the group to satisfy their socially based needs that are
the desire for information, for approval and acceptance, and for social
statuses and roles. The group provides the people knowledge/information
about themselves and their environment, and gives approval to good
behavior, making the person feel right, great and fulfilled.
ADVANTAGES OF GROUP OF LIFE

o Satisfaction of Psychological Need for Inclusion, Control and


Affection
- Human are social animals who always seek other people and groups
for affections, for inclusion, for control and for fulfillment. The need for
affection is the desire for warmth and intimacy from other people to feel
secure and satisfied; the need for inclusion is the desire to participate in
group activities; the need for control is the desire to lead, dominate and
influence other people; and the need for fulfillment is the desire to grow to
be actualized. The group satisfies all these needs.
Factors that influence group selection

o Geographical Proximity
- People select the groups that are in close geographical proximity to their
places of residence, work or leisure.

o Physical and Social Similarities


- People join groups that they perceive to have the same physical, social and
economic characteristics as they do.
- They select group that are reflective of their own characteristic and
interest.
o Social Exchange
- People join groups that they perceive to be helpful in promoting their
interest.
Factors that influence group functioning

o Group Size
- Refers to the number of members of the group.
o Goals and Objectives
- Are reflective of the common interest and needs of the group members.
o Defining Boundaries
- The group builds physical and social boundaries that will identify who belongs and
who does not belong to the group.
- Boundaries are imaginary demarcation lines that differentiate members from non-
members of the group
o Group Norms
- Norms are rules that control the behavior of every member of the group.

o Selection of Leaders
- How the group functions depends on the kind of leader that has been chosen.
- Leader are person considered by the group as important because they
control valuable resources and occupy position of dominance and influence in
the group.
Factors that influence group functioning

o Task Assignment
- A fully functioning group has members who are satisfied with their status
assignment, and whose attributes and abilities are congruent to the
assigned task.
o Communication Patterns
- The functioning of a group is affected by the patterns of communication
among its member
- Linear Pattern access to only two people at both side
- All Channel Network every member can be the focus of attention and can
interact with other equality
- Wheel Pattern only one pivotal person has an access to every member,
making this individual the most influential and powerful in the group.
o Decision Making
- Abilities of the members to make and collective decisions that are beneficial
to the members.
Classification of social groups

o Primary Group
- is the main source of identity, and provides emotional support and a sense of
social integration.
- it develops a strong sense of loyalty, belonging and mutual identification or
we- ness among group members.
o Secondary Group
- is a group of people who identify and interact with one another because of
their desire to achieve a common instrumental goal.
- Interaction among the people in secondary group is rational, contractual,
impersonal and business-like, and is guided by the specific rules.
o Secondary Group
- is a group of people who identify and interact with one another because of
their desire to achieve a common instrumental goal.
- Interaction among the people in secondary group is rational, contractual,
impersonal and business-like, and is guided by the specific rules.
Classification of social groups

o Small Group
- two to three members.
- dyad group composed of two members
- triad group composed of three members such as barkada
o Large Group
- involves more members, such that they specialize in the performance of
their roles in the group.
o Social Structure
- Different groups have different ways of organizing
themselves to pursue their goals and interest.
Structure is the organized and patterned system of social interaction
between people.
o Informal organization
- are small, cooperative, and not visible groups that operate within the formal
organization.
o Counterculture Group
- is a deliberately formed group of individual whose goal is to resist,
change or destroy the dominant society or the existing social order.
o Conservative Group
- are those that reinforce the importance of societys norms and the
maintenance of the social order, like the Knight of Columbus and the Catholic
Bishops that the believe of values and traditions should be preserved.

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