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The document discusses the organization of society through social groups, defining them as two or more individuals who engage with each other. It outlines types of reference groups, including normative and comparative, and distinguishes between conformity and deviance. Additionally, it categorizes groups based on influence (primary and secondary) and membership (in-groups and out-groups).

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Ucsp 4

The document discusses the organization of society through social groups, defining them as two or more individuals who engage with each other. It outlines types of reference groups, including normative and comparative, and distinguishes between conformity and deviance. Additionally, it categorizes groups based on influence (primary and secondary) and membership (in-groups and out-groups).

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HOW SOCIETY IS ORGANIZED TYPES OF REFERENCE GROUPS

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: A normative reference group influences your norms, attitudes, and
1. Discuss what is social group. values through direct interaction.
2. Determine how society is organized.
A comparative reference group is a group of individuals whom you
compare yourself against and may strive to be like.
CONFORMITY VS. DEVIANCE
Conformity refers to behaviour in accordance with socially accepted
conventions or standards.
Deviance, on the other hand, describes an action or behaviour that
violates social norms.
WHAT IS A SOCIAL GROUP?
Social group is two or more people who identify with and engage with
each other (Macionis 2012).

TYPES OF GROUPS ACCORDING TO INFLUENCE:


Primary Group involve interaction among members who have an
emotional investment or attachment in one another and a situation, who
know one another intimately and interact as total individuals rather than
through specialized roles.

Secondary Groups usually have specific goals, are formally organized,


and are impersonal.

TYPES OF GROUPS ACCORDING TO MEMBERSHIP


• IN-GROUPS is a social group to which a person psychologically
identifies as being a member.
•
• OUT-GROUPS is a social group with which an individual does not
identify

Reference groups
is a group or social category that an individual uses to help define
beliefs, attitudes, and values and to guide behaviour.

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