Understanding Culture, Society,

and Politics
1st Quarter: Module 5
The Social Group and Group Interaction

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RECILINDA T. ZUBIRI, DPA

Module Developer
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 Have you ever felt lonely? Have you ever felt the need to talk to someone?
Has the company of someone else ever brighten a day of yours that was not going
so well? We have all experienced this feeling at some point in our lives. We
constantly need to interact and share our feelings with other people.

Every human being enters the world as a member of a social group. This
group life is indispensable to an individual and is necessary for the satisfaction of
human needs and wants.

Content Standard:

How individuals learn culture and become competent members of society.

Performance Standard:

Identify norms and values to be observed in interacting with others in

society, and the consequences of ignoring those rules.

Most Essential Learning Competency:

Explain the context, content, processes, and consequences of socialization.

Learning Objectives:

After having gone through this module, the learners will be able to;

1. Discuss the content, nature, and importance of group.

2. Understand clearly the nature, importance, and influence of group in the
development of the individual.
3. Determine the different factors and consequences affecting group formation.

To the Learners:

This module is devoted to the nature and influence of the group interaction
to every individual. Likewise the elaboration, organization and the bureaucracy that
lean towards socialization.

The every concept of group is one of the important concerns of sociological

inquiry. In order to understand clearly social behavior, one has to study the most
common and most familiar social unit- the group.

Expectations:

In this module, the learners will be apprised on the concept, nature,

importance and consequences of group as part of socialization process. The
understanding of social group is of primary importance to the understanding of
human behavior. People do not live alone; we are all born into and spend our entire
lives within group we socialize.

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 Included in this module are diverse activities that will help learners analyze
and understand the concept, nature, importance and consequences of social group
interaction or socialization.

Parts of the Module:

Looking back to your lesson: This section will measure what

learnings and skills did you understand from the previous lesson.

Brief Introduction: This part will give you an overview of the lesson.

Activities: Form part of activities that you will perform individually/

or with partners.

Remember: This section summarizes the concepts and application of

the lessons.

Check your understanding: It will confirm how you learned from

the lessons.

Post-test: This will measure how much you have learned from the
complete module.

Reflection: This part includes new activities that will help you to
develop your knowledge, skills, and value what have you learned
from the module.

PRE-TEST:

Direction: TRUE or FALSE: Write TRUE if the statement is stating a fact, FALSE if
it is wrong.

________1. A group is composed of two or more people who come into a none
meaningful contact for a purpose.

________2. In a group, each member has a role to play.

________3. A single individual can also be considered a group.

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________4. Some people from a group in order to meet the needs of individual
member.

________5. The desire to achieve an objective is one of the reasons why group is
formed.

Direction: MULTIPLE CHOICE: Choose the letter of the correct answer.

________6. Which of the following statement is TRUE?

A. Unlike other animals, human infants are born with a culture

B. Human infants come into the world ready to learn a culture but
are not born with one
C. Socialization is another word for acculturalization
D. B and C

________7. The general process of acquiring culture is referred to as __

A. Socialization C. Semai
B. Acculturalization D. Immigration

________8. When does socialization begin?

A. at the time when an individual conceived

B. at birth or shortly thereafter
C. upon entering school
D. when children reach puberty

________9. Which of the following is NOT included in the general characteristics of

group?

A. Each member in a group has a roles to play

B. There is mutual reciprocity among members in a group
C. Group activity is directed towards the attainment of goals
D. A group has no relative permanence, no measurable duration for a
period of time

________10. These are cluster of people interacting with one another but the
interaction is passing or short-lived.

A. Aggregates C. Collecting
B. Category D. Group

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 LOOKING BACK TO YOUR LESSON!

ACTIVITY: Graphic Organizer. Discuss briefly the significance of

cultural, social, political, economic symbols and practices. Cite at least three (3)
examples in each category.

BRIEF INTRODUCTION

Groups are made up of individuals. Two or more individuals, just

together, do not form a group; the force of relationship is a must to make
them into a group. According to Brinkerhoff (1988) a group is concept of two
or more people who interact on the basis of shared social structure and
recognize mutual dependency. For a group to exist the individual must
interact with other individual and with one another according to established
patterns in terms of the statuses and roles they recognize.

General Characteristics of Groups

According to Joseph Fichter, a group is characterized by the following;

1. A group has identity and it is identifiable by both its members and

outsiders.
2. A group has a social structure in the sense that each part or member has
a position related to other positions.
3. Each member in a group has roles to play.
4. There is mutual reciprocity among members in group.
5. A group has norms of behavior that influences the way in which the roles
are enacted.
6. A group has a role or a purpose, which are commonly based on the
interest and values of each member.
7. Group activity is depicted towards the attainment of goals.
8. A group has relative permanence, a measurable direction over a period of
time.

FORMATION OF GROUPS

According to Cartwright and Zander, a group is formed because of

following;

1. The desire to achieve an objective

2. To meet the needs of the individual member
3. People are treated alike by others

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 NATURE OF SOCIALIZATION

1. Socialization is dynamic and lifelong behavior modification process.

2. Through socialization, individual learns to play social roles.
3. It is a type of social confirmatory behavior.
4. The values, belief, and social norms are internalized through it.
5. Institution generally unplanned and develop gradually.

FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE SOCIALIZATION

1. Mutual understanding
2. Cultural Engagement
3. Observational Learning
4. Reward
5. Punishment
6. Conflict
7. Deliberate Teaching

AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION

The specific individuals, groups and institution that enable

socialization to take place

Family

Ethnic
Religion
Background

Agent of
Peers Socialization Work

YOU

School Government

Mass Media

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 ACTIVITY 1: Johari Window (Concept of Groups)

Fill in related understanding/related information inside the four quadrants

below.

KNOWN TO SELF and KNOWN TO UNKNOWN TO SELF and KNOWN TO

OTHERS OTHERS

KNOWN TO SELF and UNKNOWN TO UNKNOWN TO SELF and KNOWN TO

OTHERS OTHERS

After accomplishing the four quadrants, the students will explain their
Johari Window output.

Open self Blind self

Hidden self Unknown self

ACTIVITY 2: Based on your experiences, list down in your journal

notebook the importance of group. Explain substantially with illustration.

ACTIVITY 3: Give at least 5 circumstances under which groups came

into existence. Cite examples.

ACTIVITY 4: Draw social skills that best describe you as a person.

Justify your work.

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 REMEMBER

 Interaction/social relation is any relationship between two or more

individuals.
 Society refers to aggregate of people living together in a more or less
ordered community.
 Social Behavior is behavior among two or more organism within the
same species and encompasses any behavior in which one member
affects the other
 Behavior it is the way in which one act or conducts oneself especially
towards others
 Social group can be defined as two or more people who interact with
one another, share similar characteristics and collectively have a
sense of unity.
 Socialization refers to the process of internalizing the norms and
ideologies of society
 Mutual reciprocity means having symbiotic relationship or mutual
relation.

CHECKING YOUR UNDERSTANDING

CRITICAL THINKING: PICTURE ANALYSIS. Assess whether the picture

possesses positive social skills. Explain your answer.

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 POST-TEST

MATCHING TYPE: Match the items in column A with column B. Write the
letter of your answer on the space provided.

COLUMN A COLUMN B
_______1. It means response between two or more A. Society
persons
_______2. The process of learning how to live in a way B. Values
acceptable to one’s own society
_______3. The way a living creature behaves or acts C. Institution

A long standing group of people sharing D. Interaction

_______4. cultural aspects such as language, dress,
norms of behavior
_______5. A member of people that are located close E. Social Group
together or classed together
_______6. A persons’ principles or standard of behavior F. Social
Structure
_______7. Regarded as collective representation of
acceptable group conduct as well as individual G. Reciprocity
perceptions of particular group conduct
_______8. A society or organization studied for religious, H. Socialization
educational, social or similar purpose
_______9. The practice of exchanging things with others I. Group
for mutual benefit
______10. A collection of people who interact with each
other and share similar characteristics and J. Behavior
sense of unity.

REFLECTIVE LEARNING

Direction: CASE STUDY: Select your topic from the list, choose only one
topic for your case study.

1. Eating disorder in time of Pandemic

2. Motivation and positive environment
3. Balancing school and life
4. Effective communication
5. Dealing with family problems and pressure