Differences About Various Groups
Primary and Secondary groups
The primary group refers to the relationship between a small group of individuals having direct and close contact with one another. The personality of an individual is critical as the relationship is based on the day to day relations with one another, unlike the secondary group, which involves a large group of people who come together, and their relationship is impersonal and formal. It is guided by formalities hence leading to minimal close contact with one another.
Primary groups involve members who spend precious time together and feel a sense of belonging within the group. Secondary groups do not include a sense of belonging as the relationship is partial and lacks strong ties among the group. The primary relationship tends to last longer than secondary since they are goal-oriented and occurs in small groups. Currently, close relationships originating from both secondary and primary group is marred with insincerity (Sethi, A et al. (2016) People suffer on behalf of the ‘close’ relationship created which are not close as it involves cheating.
In-group and out-groups
An in-group refers to a social group within which people psychologically and emotionally feel they belong and have a sense of identity. While out-group is a close social group within which individuals lack the sense of identity within the group. In the in-groups, there exist uttermost respect and being close to loyal people, unlike much opposition and high competition experienced in the out-groups. In-groups are guided by positive reviews and a great sense of social identity among the members (Arpin, S. N. et al., (2016). As described, the out-group’s relationship is based and grows on negativity in the society about numerous differences experienced by humankind in the universe.
References
Arpin, S. N., Froehlich, L., Lantian, A., Rudert, S. C., & Stelter, M. (2017). When “We” or “They” exclude others: Attributing and evaluating ostracism observed in in-groups and out-groups. Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology, 2(2-3), 143-165.
Sethi, A., McCrory, E., Puetz, V., Hoffmann, F., Knodt, A. R., Radtke, S. R., … & Viding, E. (2018). Primary and secondary variants of psychopathy in a volunteer sample are associated with different neurocognitive mechanisms. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 3(12), 1013-1021.