Social Group - an association of individuals who share common characteristics: age, gender, interests, social status, profession, religion and so on.A similar set of people is of two types: primary and secondary.If the first group of communication between members of personality, in the second they are more formal, business or remote.
What is the primary group?
In short, we can conclude that it is a collection of friends, even relatives.The primary social groups include individuals, between which established relationships that are based on the individual characteristics of all members of the association.In addition, a part of this community people are highly interested in the affairs of the group, they are on an equal footing are involved in their decisions and discussions.Such small fraternity: otherwise establish a close relationship between its members would be too difficult.
People are always interested in the question to the primary social group includes the family?The answer is more in 1909 gave the American psychologist Charles Horton Cooley, he first introduced into practice the concept of "social group" and applied it to relatives.In accordance with the conclusions of the scientist, the family is a classic representative of this community, as playing a dominant and decisive role in shaping the character, habits and behavior of children.Later primary groups started calling other close association of citizens.
Who are the primary groups?
The first community in which there are emotional ties, closeness and solidarity.The latter, incidentally, can be not only limited to the level of the group, but also the social scale.The primary group can easily be distinguished from other associations of citizens.She characterized:
- voluntary nature.
- relatively long, the stability of existence.
- small number of people.
- their spatial proximity.
- Common forms of behavior, values and moral norms.
- Same informal ways of establishing and moral discipline.
Besides the family, to the primary social groups include school class, a course at the institute, meeting friends, members of a sports team or an application mug.It is in this close circle of people receiving their initial socialization, conscious relationship with the society and its members.In the primary social group formed personal mentality of the individual, his ideology and patterns of behavior that are inherent to it in adulthood.
Feature
The primary social groups include individuals that are associated direct and personal relations, and not the general rules or specialized regulations, such as working in teams of any organization.Therefore, we can identify the main traits of this brotherhood:
- At this level, people perceive each other not as bearers of social status and position, as well as individuals.
- between individuals are established friendly relations: trust, emotive.
- Assessing each other, they pay attention to the character and inner world of a comrade, and not on the performance of his work.For example, if a class has Losers, but it is sensitive, kind and sympathetic boy, he will be loved and respected on an equal basis with others.At the same time honors may hate, if he is a liar, a coward and a sneak.
a word, to the primary social groups include people who are easy to find mutual understanding.There is no emotional neutrality inherent in the standard rules and staffing.
Family
most brilliant representative of the primary social group.Each of its members has its role, historically entrenched: a male - breadwinner, woman - keeper of the hearth, the children - worthy heirs of the total family affair.Although, as already mentioned, people in such a structure is very similar, so it is easy to agree to change its activities.There is a role reversal or mutual supplement.In addition, the volume of household functions varies depending on the social status, education, spiritual development.The more of these characteristics, the richer the life of the family, above its level of culture, interesting life.
The primary social groups include family, class and course, because that's what they most clearly expressed in the structural characteristics.Despite this, the friendly staff also enroll here: there is no hierarchy, but there is a close relationship between the team members.These structures have common interests of individuals, warm feelings between the two, the ability to forgive and understand.People included in the primary social group, most importantly, love each other.And even if the relationship between them deteriorate with time, they can easily retrieve them and again become kith and kin.
