Last week in sociology we were talking about the different types of groups and group interaction so I decided to observe this. It wasnt very hard to see all the different types of groups at our school and it took very little time to see all the interactions and it was very interesting. (if you have never watched people, from a scientific perspective, I suggest you try it) While I was observing the most common group I saw was secondary group. Secondary groups are groups where you are kinda close to the other people in the group but you are there for a specific reason alot like school its self. So In this group I guess everyone fits because while you are at school our main goal is to learn and thats what brings us all together and really if we had a choice many of us would choose not to go. I also saw alot of interest groups like the one im in, Chorus, the reason why people who are in chorus are in chorus is because we share a common instrest, singing. Other examples of intrest groups are, Art club, drama, and journalism or any other elective really. With government going on I also saw alot of pressure groups. Mainly Republican and Democratic, but even within those two main groups there are even smaller groups of people studying certain bills together and the only thing that is keeping them in that group is the fact that they share the same belief on the issue and that they are trying to get other people to agree with that belief. These were the three main groups that I saw but there are also many other groups that people are involved in, you can probably find yourself in one of each actually. :)
Nicely done...I told you guys that people watching is fun...and will be even more interesting as you get more terms down in the class to apply to what you're seeing.
ReplyDeletePS. that picture is really creepy...but an interesting way to look at group interactions....which type of group interaction would that be? :)