SOCULITA (Social Interaction, Social Groups and Formal Organizations)

Social Interaction, Social Groups and Formal Organizations

·         Introduction to Social Interaction

·         Social Structure on Global Perspective

·         Social Groups

·         Formal Organizations

Introduction to Social Interaction

·         Role Expectations –refer to the suggestions of the cultural norms as to how a person holding a particular status ought to act or perform

·         Role conflict –refers to the incompatibilities between the two status/positions given to the same person

·         Role Strain –describes the situation in dealing with the conflicts on two social statutes/positions

·         Role Exit- refers to the disengagement to a certain role that has been part of one’s identity to start to build a new one

·         Status Set- all statuses a person holds at a given time

·         Role Set- number of roles attached to a single status

Social Structure on Global Perspective

·         Emile Durkheim’s Mechanical and Organic Solidarity

·         Mechanical Solidarity –a collective consciousness that emphasizes group solidarity

·         Organic Solidarity –a collective consciousness resting on the society’s members need to have another

·         Ferdinand Tonnies’s Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft

·         Gemeinschaft –typical rural life characterized by close-knit relationship between members of society

·         Gesellschaft –the ideal society characterized by a modern urban life

 ·       Gerhard Lenski’s Sociocultural Evolution Approach

·         Preindustrial society –portrays the state of society prior to the coming of advance technology

·         Hunting and gathering societies

·         Horticultural societies

·         Agrarian societies

·         Industrial Societies –reliance on mechanical power and new sources of energy, centralized workplaces, economic interdependence and formal education

·         Postindustrial Societies –the main output of postindustrial society is services rather than manufactured goods

·         Postmodern Society –a technologically sophisticated society preoccupied by consumer goods and mass media

Social Groups

·         Any number of people who share the same norms, values or expectation and interact with each other on regular basis

·         Two or more people in social interaction who share expectations and responsibilities to the group and who share a unifying characteristic or sense of purpose

·         Primary and Secondary groups

·         Primary groups –small number of individuals who share an intimate and personal relationship

·         Secondary groups –formal and impersonal groups characterized by lack of intimacy and mutual understanding

·      In-groups and Out-groups

·         In-groups –refer to groups whose members feel they belong

·         Out-groups –are groups or categories to which people feel they do not belong

Formal Organizations

·         Formal Organizations –large number of people who have bonded to efficiently fulfill specific and special purposes