HOW SOCIETY IS

ORGANIZED
All societies are organized around an
unequal division of labor and decision-
making. Modern societies are expected to
provide protection, law and order,
economic security, and a sense of belonging
to their members.
 GROUPS WITHIN SOCIETY
1. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY GROUPS

PRIMARY groups : is typically a small social

group (small scale society) whose members
share close, personal, enduring relationships.

These groups are marked by members’

concern for one another, in shared activities
and culture.

Examples include family, childhood friends,

and highly influential social groups.
 GROUPS WITHIN SOCIETY
SECONDARY groups : interact on a less personal level
than a primary group. Since the secondary groups are
established to perform functions, people’s roles are
more interchangeable. A secondary group is one you
have chosen to be a part of.

They are based where many people can meet close

friends or people they would just call acquaintances.
Secondary groups are groups in which one exchanges
explicit commodities, such as labor of wages, services of
payments, etc.
Examples of these would be employment, vendor-to-client
relationships, etc.
 ASPECT OF PRIMARY AND
SECONDARY GROUPS
1. SIZE AND EQUALITY

2. RELATIONSHIP AND COMMUNICATIONS AMONG MEMBERS

3. GOALS AND MEMBERSHIP

4. GROUP STRUCTURE AND MEMBERS’ STATUSES AMD ROLES

5. INFLUENCE TO MEMBERS AND NATURE OF GROUP

CONTROL
1. SIZE AND EQUALITY
– In society, secondary group are more while primary
are fewer.

2. RELATIONSHIP AND COMMUNICATIONS AMONG

MEMBERS
– Primary group are characterized by personal, close,
and enduring relationships, secondary are marked
formal, impersonal, and contractual relations.

3. GOALS AND MEMBERSHIP

– Also called “special interest groups” secondary are
created for attainment of some specific interests or
ends.
4. GROUP STRUCTURE AND MEMBERS’
STATUSES AND ROLES
– Most secondary groups are organized
groups as they commonly have formal
structure.
5. INFLUENCE TO MEMBERS AND NATURE OF
GROUP CONTROL
– Primary groups are marked by members’
care and concern for each other.
2. IN-GROUPS AND OUT-GROUPS
• An in-group social is a social group of which is
an individual psychologically identifies himself
or herself as being a member.

• By contrast, an out-group is a social with

which an individual does not identify. For
example, people may find it psychologically
meaningful to view themselves according to
their race, culture, gender, age, or religion.
3.REFERENCE GROUPS
Is a social group that we are use as
a standard of comparison for
ourselves regardless of whether or
not we are part of that group.
4.NETWORKS
A social network is a series or web of
weak social ties involving people or
groups of individual connected to each
other, such as through friendship,
family, business relationship, academic
institutions, religious organizations and
socio-political clubs.
AVESALA ESHMA!!!