This document discusses how society is organized into social groups. It defines social groups as collections of interdependent individuals who share goals and values. Primary groups are small, intimate groups whose members interact closely over long periods of time, while secondary groups are larger and more specialized with impersonal, objective-focused interactions over shorter times. Reference groups are groups people compare themselves to in order to guide their behaviors and attitudes. Social networks refer to the sets of relationships between individuals or groups within a society.

1. How Society Is
Organized
Pronto and Sulatan

2. GRO
UPS
Smaller units that compose
a society
It is a unit of interacting personalities
with an interdependence of roles and
statuses existing between members

3. Socializes
the
individuals
THE
IMPORTANC
E OF
GROUPS

4. Social Group- a collection
of individuals who have
relations with one another
that make them
interdependent to some
significant degree
Interdependence is a necessary
condition that exists within social
groups because it is what enables its
members to pursue shared goals or
promote common values and
principles
Our social groups profoundly
define our identity, as well as
our roles in the society

5. A small, intimate, and less specialized group whose members
engaged in face to face emotion-based interaction over an
extended period of time
Primary
Group

6. Are larger and less intimate, and more specialized groups where
members engaged in an impersonal and objective-oriented
relationship for a limited time
Secondar
y Group

7. A group to which one belongs and
with which one feels a sense of
identity
In-groups

8. A group to which one does not belong and to
which he or she may feel a sense of competitiveness
or hostility
Out-
groups

9. REFERENCE
GROUPS
A reference group is a
group to which we
compare ourselves.
Reference groups, such
as college freshmen,
serve as a standard to
which we measure our
behaviors and
attitudes. We use
reference groups in
order to guide our
behavior and attitudes
and help us to
identify social norms.

10. NETWORK/
SOCIAL
NETWORK
Social network is a
sociological concept
for a set of social
relations between
network elements that
interact and which are
in particular
individuals. Social
groups or
teams, organizational
units or
whole organizations ca
n also be network
elements in the
organization.