Social GroupsSocial Group DefinitionsA social group can be defined as a family, a peer group, a sports team group, a church group, and a work group. They are all similar in the sense that these groups are made up of a number of people who have regular contact with each other and are interested in the same things. A family typically lives together and interacts with each other on a daily basis. Family members share the same traditions and usually have the same expectations about how each member should fulfill their particular role in the group. A peer group is a collection of friends who enjoy spending time together doing things in which they all have an interest. They might like to play cards, go dancing, or just hang out and talk. Some examples of sports team groups might be a wrestling team, a football team, or a volleyball team. There are different types of church groups; such as a drop-in group, a support group, a Bible study group and a volunteer group. Being part of a church group can significantly improve a person's life in a positive way. Serving God can fill a person's soul with such good feelings. A workgroup is a group of people who work at the same company. There can be multiple different groups within a company. Each group has a set of responsibilities to fulfill to the company. The difference between these groups is how they interact with each other within their particular group. The advantage of defining these groups is that a person can be involved in each of these groups but play a different role in each of them. A mom can be a friend in a peer group, a pitcher on a baseball team, a women's support group leader at church, and a supervisor of employees... middle of paper... and social group definitions in our society today. It is useful to separate the categories to understand how all these groups and categories of people interact with each other. It is also interesting to understand how a person can be part of multiple different social groups. Most people in our society today belong to different social groups. References The TouchPoint Bible, (1996) New Living Translation, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, ILNiu, J. and Rosenthal, S. (2009) Trust Discrimination Against Socially Dominant and Subordinate Social Groups, Harvard University, http ://www.judsonu.edu:2102/ehost/pdf?vid=3&hid=105&sid=360fadd7-d118-4687-8f8c-d296674656b3%40sessionmgr112Zastrow, C. H. & Kirst-Ashman , K. (2010). Understanding human behavior and the social environment. Belmont, CA: Brooks & Cole.