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1. COURSE: GLOBAL STUDIES II
YEAR: 2015
University of South East- Asia
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2. Chapter 2 Society and Social
Groups
UNIT 3 GROUPS WITHIN SOCIETIES

3. Groups within Societies
 The concept of society is huge and
overwhelming for individuals.
 It is a comfort people formed small
groups to prevent anomie.
 Anomie is the sense of not belonging.
 Some terms that separate from the
concept of groups:
1. aggregate
2. category

4.  Aggregate – individuals who temporarily
share the same physical space but do
not see themselves as belonging
together.

5.  Category- people who have similar
characteristics

7. TYPES OF GROUPS THAT MAKE UP
OUR SOCIETY:
1. Primary groups
2. Secondary groups
3. In-groups and out-groups
4. Reference groups
5. Social networks

8. Primary groups

9. Primary groups
 A group characterized by intimate, long-
term, face-to-face association and
cooperation.
 They provide a sense of belonging, a
feeling of being appreciated, and
sometimes even love.
 Some primary groups can even fail, and
we call them dysfunctional.
 3 types of dysfunction: quarrelling and
humiliating; setting itself against society
(specific); and when essential primary
group breaks down throughout society
(general).

10. Secondary groups

11. Secondary groups
 Compared with a primary group, a
larger, relatively temporary, more
anonymous, formal, and impersonal
group based on some interest or
activity, whose members are likely to
interact on the basis of specific roles.
 Consequently, secondary groups tend
to break down into primary groups.

12. In-groups and out-groups

13. In-groups and out-groups
 In-groups
- groups toward which one feels loyalty (your
family, your friends, your classmates, your
church members, your teammates, etc.)
 Out-groups
- groups toward which one feels antagonisms
(e.g. your rival football team, your opponents
at a debate, your enemies, your critics, etc.)
It imposes the concept of “we” versus “them”
attitude.
Feelings associated with out-groups include
fear and hatred, and xenophobia (fear of
strangers). Consequences include attacks
and destructive acts.

14. Reference groups

15. Reference groups
When we want to achieve a certain
ideal status or accomplishment, we
tend to look at certain people that
serve as “guide” or reference on what
we want to achieve.
Reference groups refer to the groups
we use as standards to evaluate
ourselves.

16. Social networks

17. Social networks
In a large group of people, certain
individuals chose to form their own small
group.
These clusters, or internal factions, are
called CLIQUES.
The links between people– their cliques,
as well as their family, friends,
acquaintances, and even “friends of
friends”– are called social networks.
The term networking refers to using or
even developing social networks, usually
for career advancement.

18. A New Group: Technology and
the Emergence of Electronic
Communities

19. A New Group: Technology and
the Emergence of Electronic
Communities
 With the advent of the Internet,
another group has emerged: the
usenets, or in more popular term
nowadays: netizens
- these are people who communicate
on almost any conceivable topic.