Discuss the process of interaction in the group.
1. The process of interaction in the group is a carrier of culture and works as the chief agent to give training to human beings to develop their personality and to fulfil their basic and other requirements.
2. The social groups may be divided in several ways but the most popular and important of all the division into primary and secondary groups. This classification is broadly on the basis of the nature of relationship found in the group.
3. Interaction in Primary Group : The relationship in primary group are informal and intimate. The family and the group of friends are two suitable examples of primary group. Interaction among individuals in the group leads to formation of relationships, which may be either associative or dissociative type.
(a) Dissociative or oppositional relationships again may be in the form of either competition or conflict.
(b) When the people are involved in competition they make efforts to improve their own efficiency to outclass the opponent.
Example : The boys appearing in an examination to quality for a job or the football match between the two teams in a stadium are the examples of competition.
(c) But in conflict, the involved persons try to weaken or destroy the efficiency of one another.
Example : A war or battle between two countries or a fight between two enemies are the suitable examples of conflict. Unfortunately competition sometimes turns into a conflict.
C.H. Cooley, has stressed that primary group plays the most vital role in the socialization of child or people.
4. Interaction in Secondary Groups : Generally secondary groups (i.e. trade unions, associations, corporations, political parties) are consciously formed with some purpose.They represent specialized interests of its members. The rules and regulations in the secondary groups are more clearly defined than in the primarty group. In co-operation, people strive for a goal with the help of other.
Example : Two students making a model for science exhibition and many persons working together for providing relief to the flood-affected people are the examples of co-operation.
Conclusion : In brief, we can say that a society consists of relationship among the individuals which crop up as a result of interactions among them. The behaviour of the individual in the group is governed by the the individual in the group is governed by the norms of the group. The normative pattern of the group constitutes its culture.
