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Social Groups - Coggle Diagram
Social Groups
Out-Group — A group I do not belong to; distance or competition may occur. MY EXAMPLE: A student club or organization I do not belong to.
- Nonmembership and exclusion
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Primary Group — Usually small with close, long-term, emotional relationships. MY EXAMPLE: My family / close loved ones.
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- Significant others affect socialization
Secondary Group — Often larger, more impersonal, task-focused, and time-limited. MY EXAMPLE: My online SOCI-1010 class at Motlow.
- Larger and more impersonal
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Reference Group — A group I compare myself to as a standard. MY EXAMPLE: School counselors and counseling professionals I want to model.
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- Guides behavior and social norms
- More than one reference group
- Can convey competing messages