HOW SOCIETY IS ORGANIZED

Michael Frances P. Rocha, LPT

Discussant
GROUPS
Smaller units
that compose a
society

It is a unit of
interacting
personalities with an
interdependence of roles
and statuses existing
between members
Importance of Groups (Salcedo 2002)

1. The group is a transmitter of culture.

2. The group is a means of social control.

3. The group socializes the individual.

4. The group is the source of ideas.

5. The group trains the individual in communications.

Social Group - a collection of individuals who have relations with
one another that make them interdependent to some significant
degree.

↘ Interdependence is a necessary condition that exists within

social groups because it is what enables its members to pursue
shared goals or promote common values and principles.)

↘ Our social groups profoundly define our identity, as well as our

roles in society.
Primary Group
A small, intimate, and less
specialized group whose
members engage in face to
face and emotion-based
interactions over an extended
period of time.
Secondary Group
Are larger and less intimate,
and more specialized groups
where members engage in
an impersonal and objective-
oriented relationship for a
limited time.
 Self Categorization Theory
• a relevant approach in understanding
the characteristics of social groups.

• proposes that people’s appreciation of

their group membership is influenced by
their perception towards people who are not
members of their group.
 In- groups

A group to which one

belongs and with which
one feels a sense of
identity.
 Out- groups

A group to which one does

not belong and to which he
or she may feel a sense of
competitiveness or
hostility.