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UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY, POLITICS(1)
UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY, POLITICS(1)
2 Types of Sanctions
SOCIAL GROUP
1.Formal Sanctions You share certain similarities with your family, friends,
classmates, and other individuals who are living in the
✓Sanctions that are provided for by laws and other
society you are in. These similarities could be the initial
regulations in society.
basis for individuals to form a group and interact with
one another, resulting in establishing relationships; and
2.Informal Sanctions
this is what we call SOCIAL GROUP.
Social Group is a collection of individuals who have REQUIREMENTS FOR A GROUP
relations and interactions with one another that make 1. Group shall be two or more people.
them interdependent to some degree. This 2. There must be interaction within the
interdependence is vital for members of the society as group. 3. Members of the group could be
this enables them to pursue mutual goals and benefits. together physically or virtually.