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    Terms, Concepts And Their Use In Sociology
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    What is Sociology ? To whom is it primarily concerned ?
    Sociology is the study of social relations. Sociology is primarily concerned with social groups.
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    What do you mean by social group ?

    Social group consists of individuals who interact with each other on a regular basis. Members of a social group expect a cetain type of behaviour from one another are not members. Social groups differ in size, ranging from intimate associations, like a family to large collectivities such as sports club.
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    Define Social category.
    Social Category : 1. It expresses in a way the nature of social group. Social category is statistical grouping of people classified together on the basis of particular characteristic they share such as having the same level of income or being in the same occupation.

    2. Social categories are quite frequently and regularly employed in sociological research. For example if we are keen in caste relations in India, we might require to analyse difference in average earning between lower castes and upper castes considering them as two distinct statistical categories.

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    Write the names of some social groups.
    1. Family, 2. Caste, 3. Tribe, 4. Football Association, 5. Social class, 6. A group of females in college.
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    Write the names of the major classifications of groups adopted by the sociologists.
    Charles H. Cooley (1909) gave some of the major classifications of groups :

    1. Primary and Secondary Groups.

    2. In-Group and Out-Groups

    3. Formal and Informal Groups.

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