Social Process

Society is rooted in interactions. Interaction is the basic ingredient of

social relationships. The various social processes are the forms of
interaction. The process of interaction, contact, forming and breaking
down of relationships continuously occurs in society. Behavior system
grow out of interaction. Without interaction there would be no social
life.

As members of society people have to act and behave in accordance

with some specific manner. They are always engaged in some sort of
actions and interactions in the society. When the actions of the
individual or individuals are influenced by the actions of other
individual or individuals in a society and he in turn is exposed to their
action that is called social interaction.

The concept of social process refers to some of the general and

recurrent forms that social interaction may take. The interaction or
mutual activity is the essence of social life. Interaction between
individuals and groups occurs in the form of social process. Social
processes refers to forms of social interaction that occur again and
again.

Social processes refer to forms of social interaction that occur

repeatedly. By social processes we mean those ways in which
individuals and groups interact and establish social relationships.
There are various of forms of social interaction such as cooperation,
conflict, competition and accommodation etc. According to Maclver,
Social process is the manner in which the relations of the members of
a group, once brought together, acquire a distinctive character.