How is
Society
Organized
FORMS AND
FUNCTIONS OF
SOCIAL
ORGANIZATIONS
CONFORMITY
REFERS TO BEHAVIOR IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SOCIALLY
ACCEPTED CONVENTION OR
STANDARDS.
DEVIANCE
DESCRIBES AN ACTION OR
BEHAVIOR THAT VIOLATES SOCIAL
NORMS.
SOCIAL GROUP
TWO OR MORE PEOPLE WHO
IDENTIFY WITH AND ENGAGE
WITH EACH OTHER.
AGGREGATE
CONSISTS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
TEMPORARILY GROUPED
TOGETHER IN AN AREA.
types of groups
according to
influence
exam
ple:
relationships which are
between friends, husband
and wife, parent and child,
and teacher and pupil.
sample groups include:
playgroup, family,
village/neighborhood and
work team
PRIMARY
GROUP
INVOLVES INTERACTION
AMONG MEMBERS WHO
HAVE AN EMOTIONAL
INVESTMENT OR
ATTACHMENT IN ONE
ANOTHER AND A
SITUATION AND WHO
KNOW ONE ANOTHER
INTIMATELY.
USUALLY HAVE SPECIFIC
GOALS, ARE FORMALLY
ORGANIZED, AND ARE
IMPERSONAL.
SECONDARY
GROUP
exam
ple:
clerk and customer,
announcer and listener,
performer and spectator,
officer and subordinate
sample groups include:
nation, clerical hierarchy,
professional association, and
corporation
types of groups
according to
membership
IN-GROUPS
A SOCIAL GROUP TO
WHICH A PERSON
PSYCHOLOGICALLY
IDENTIFIES AS BEING A
MEMBER.
OUT-GROUPS
A SOCIAL GROUP WITH
WHICH AN INDIVIDUAL
DOES NOT IDENTIFY.
IS A GROUP OR SOCIAL
CATEGORY THAT AN
INDIVIDUAL USES TO HELP
DEFINE BELIEFS,
ATTITUDES, AND VALUES
AND TO GUIDE BEHAVIOR.
REFERENCE
GROUPS
POSITIVE REFERENCE
GROUP - COMPOSED OF
PEOPLE WE WANT TO
EMULATE.
NEGATIVE REFERENCE
GROUP
- PROVIDE A MODEL WE DO
NOT WISH TO FOLLOW.
TYPES OF
REFERENCE
GROUPS
SIBLINGS
PARENTS
NORMATIVE
- influences your
norms, attitudes,
and values through
direct interaction
TEACHER
CELEBRITIES
COMPARATIVE
- a group of
individuals who
you compare
yourself against
HEROES
IT IS A SOCIOLOGICAL CONCEPT
THAT REFERS TO THE SOCIAL
RELATIONSHIPS THAT EXIST
BETWEEN NETWORK PARTS AND
INDIVIDUALS.
SOCIAL
NETWORK
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FORMS AND FUNCTIONS OF SOCIAL GROUPS.pptx