SOCIAL GROUPS dpe 101 Reporter : Ms. Jean Cordero Engr. Mari-ann Nunez

SOCIAL GROUPS A social groups consists of two or more people who regularly interact and share a sense of unity and common identity. In other words it is a group of people who see each other frequently and consider themselves apart of the group. We all typically belong to many different types of social groups. Example: Sports team, club, church group, college class, workplace and more.. 2

The two general types of social groups 1.Involuntary groups -are those groups into which the members are born. The members have no choice but to be the members of the group they are born into whether they like it or not. 3

. 2.Voluntary groups -These are called voluntary groups or associations because the individual can choose the group to which he wants to belong to. Of course the individual is under different kinds of pressures when making his choice but the final decision is his. 4

General function and advantage of social groups Function of social groups Recreation Education Religion Protection Perpetuation of the race Social control Expression of talents Ideology Professional enhancement Redress of Grievances Charity Purely social interaction 5

Kinds of voluntary groups Peer group Idolized Group The We and the They group Formal voluntary Association 6

What is voluntary groups? -A voluntary group is an assembly of community. They are sometimes concurrent to the church on religious org. Some of the activities they do are raise money care for the sick and clean the environment. 7

- Professional peer group a) Peer group - Age level peer group - Professional peer group 8

Peer group subdivided into: The play group Gang 3. The clique 9

b) Idolized group This is also called as reference group. This is simply a group of professionals whom an individual idolizes. Idolized groups are important because they exert a strong influence upon an individual in the formation of his/her habits, values, conduct, and in the pursuit of his/her life aspiration or ambition. 10

C) The We-Group and They-Group Mainly characterized by belonging to a group and not belonging to that group. 11

THE WE-GROUP -this is termed by some as in-group. This is a group where one feels he/she belongs to. Those belongings to this group have a feeling of solidarity or oneness, camaraderie, sympathetic attitude, protectiveness, and loyalty toward the other members. One may even accept responsibility for other members. They know each other usually and enjoy doing things together. 12

The we group can be as small as a family but it can be as big as a nation or international region like the feeling of being an ASIAN. When the we group feeling involves the family, neighborhood, barrio, town, province, region, or nation it is an involuntary group. . 13

. Certain functions of we group feeling are: It contributes to group loyalty and promotes group solidarity. It promotes conformity and therefore becomes a form of special control. It promotes nationalism. It promotes protectiveness among its members. . 14

THE They-group This is called an out-group by other sources. This is a group toward which one has a feeling of indifference, strangeness, avoidance, dislike, antagonism and even hatred. When the members of a we group speak about themselves they say “we” or “my group”or “our group”. But when they say about people who are not members of the we group they say “they”the members the other groups. 15

D)FORMALVOLUNTARY ASSOCIATIONS Kinds of voluntary association 1.They are formally organized in the sense that they elect a set of officers that would run the association. 2.Entrance into the associations is voluntary. 3.They have a constitution and by laws or a set of rules and regulations to guide their activities. 4.They collect membership and annual fees. 5.They conduct regular and or special meetings in a definite designated place. 16

6.They conduct regular or special activities to attain their goals. 7.They are non-profit. 8.They have special provisions for helping co – members in distress especially in times of sickness or death. 9.A member may or can get out of or resign from the association of which he/she is a member without any legal implications or obligation. 17

Types of voluntary association Recreational groups Social service groups Ideology or political action group Professional groups The activist group Fraternity groups The union group Religious groups The syndicates 18