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SOCIAL GROUP 1. Social Group is any collection of persons who share common interest and reason for being together. Some groups are formed naturally; others are organised for a particular purpose . 2. A true group exhibits some degree of social cohesion and is more than a simple collection of individuals, such as people waiting at a bus stop, or
Learning Objectives. Describe how a social group differs from a social category or social aggregate. Distinguish a primary group from a secondary group. Define a reference group and provide one example of such a group. Explain the importance of networks in a modern society.
Renowned social psychologist Muzafer Sherif formulated a technical definition of a social group. It is a social unit consisting of a number of individuals interacting with each other with respect to: common motives and goals; an accepted division of labor; established status relationships;
Sociologist Charles Horton Cooley (1864–1929) suggested that groups can broadly be divided into two categories: primary groups and secondary groups (Cooley 1909). According to Cooley, primary groups play the most critical role in our lives.
Learning Objectives. Distinguish objective and subjective measures of social class. Outline the functionalist view of the American class structure. Outline the conflict view of the American class structure. Discuss whether the United States has much vertical social mobility.
A number of criticisms can be made of the mode of classification used by the British Census. One criticism can be directed at the way in which occupations are allocated according to 'social class'. The method of allocation does lead to a number of serious anomalies, especially in the 1970 classification of occupations.
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