What is the role of social group in the context of culture ?

Role of Social Group in Context of Culture :

1. Social group is a carrier of culture and works as the chief agent to give training to human beings to develop their personality.

2. The social groups can be classified in the several ways but the most popular and important of all is the division into primary and secondary groups. This division is largely on the basis of the nature of relationships foundd in the group.

3. Examples : The relationship in primary group are informal and intimate. Such relationss cannot be substitutied, are not made as means to some end. The family and the group of friends are examples of primary group.

4. C.H. Cooley has stressed that primary group (like family and peer group) plays the most important role in the socialisation of child.

5. Secondary Groups on the other hand are consciously formed with some objectives. They represent specialized interests of its members.

6. The relationships in secondary groups

are formal, exclusive, geared to a specific purpose

7. Examples : The corporations, trade unions, political parties and the states are examples of secondary groups.