Sociology

A social group is an organization of people orderly kept for the sake of either a particular purpose or many other purposes. Its objectives are dependent on the activity they do. And with a passage of time they became a family. People in the same groups must be seen to be relevant to each other and thus exhibit some resemblance. Members of a particular group find themselves understanding each other and therefore carrying out their activities collectively.

We do have several types of groups and one individual may find himself or herself in as many groups as possible, in regards to what the person is or does in his or her daily life. From a broad point of view, we do have primary groups and secondary groups. Primary groups are small with kinship-based relationships, that is families and they commonly last for years.  Such groups display face to face interaction since members meet so often. Secondary groups consist of formal and institutional relationships. They may either last for years or disband after a short while considering the will of the members (Daniel, 2002). Generally, we have other types of social groups and these groups include peer groups, mob group, club group, squad group, team group, clique group, posse group, community group, household group, franchise group, gang group among others.

In consideration to an individual, I for instance, I belong to five groups in the above list peer, club, household, community and clique groups.

A peer group is a group with members of approximately the same age, same social status and interests. What bonds the members of this group is the premise of sameness. However some peer groups are very diverse, that is some members of some peer groups have many differences among themselves crossing social divides such as wealth, race, creed, culture or even religion. The number of members in this group is large as you will get several peers in a given allocation. But statistics reveal that despite these differences, peer group members have still managed to move wee along with each other (Daniel, 2002).

Another group that I belong to is the clique. This is an informal group, often in high school or colleges setting. It exhibits an established yet shifting power structure. Members shares interests, patterns of behavior or ethnicity, views and purposes.  Qualification for membership may be the social nature of the clique. A clique as a group can either be normative or comparative. Normative clique is often the primary source of social interaction for the members of the clique, which can affect the values and beliefs of an individual. The comparative clique is a standard comparison in which a clique can exist in a work place, community, in the classroom, in a business or any other area of interaction. You will notice that cliques are often associated with children and teenagers in a school setting.

Thirdly we have the Club. It is an association of two or more people with the same interest. This is a group where one is required to apply so that he or she can be a member. The number of members must exceed one, but the limit will depend on the type of club or the memorandum of the club.  Clubs are dedicated to particular activities, and there are several types of clubs in consideration to what their activity is (Daniel, 2002). They include service clubs, professional societies, sports clubs, religious clubs, school clubs, universal clubs, social clubs, hobby clubs, personal clubs and many others.

The forth group to which I belong is the household group, this includes all individuals living in the same household, in spite of any other relative differences among themselves. Household is the basic unit of analysis in many social and even government models. The number of people in this group is small, and may not exceed 50. This is due to the fact that a household refers to people living in the same dwelling unit and its rare to find more than 50 people living in the same dwelling unit. People not living in households are classified to be living in group quarters (Daniel, 2002).

Lastly we have the community as a group. Community is a group of people with a commonality, be it location, cultural or organizational, in proximity with one another with some degree of continuity. The members of such group can be between approximately 100 to less or more than 10000.
In conclusion, what best represents members of each group is the motive, interests and goal boundaries. The target or each group or rather the aspiration separates and differentiates one group from another.