Membership reference GroupDisclaimant reference Group

Peer Group and CliqueClub and Cabal

Household, Community and GangMob, Posse and Squad

Dyad and TriadTeam, In-group and Out-group

Membership & Disclaimant

Reference Groups

Membership Reference Group

• Are those reference group that we not only belong to but are also in agreement with in regards to attitudes, norms, and behaviors.

Example:

Suppose that Carol is a married woman. If Carol is identifies and agrees with the attitudes and behaviorsof other married women in her area and relies on them as a way to compare and modify her own attitudes and

behaviors, then she is a part of membership reference group.

Disclaimant Reference Group

• Are groups that we belong to, but not agree with in regards to attitudes, social and behaviors.

Example:

Suppose that Jenny has a busy career and does not want any children. Jenny finds that the married women in her area believe that all married women should stay at home and have at least one child. In this instance,

the married women in her area are a disclaimantreference group.

Some examples of types of groups include the

following:

• Peer Group – A peer group is a group with members of approximately the same age, social status, and interests. Generally, people are relatively equal in terms of power when they interact with peers.

• Clique – A group of people that have many of the same interests and commonly found in a High School/ College Setting; most of the time they have a name & rules for themselves.

• Household – All individuals who lived in the same home. Anglophone culture may include various models of household, including the family, blended families, share housing, and group homes.

• Community – A community is a group of people with a commonality or sometimes a complex net of overlapping commonalities, often-but not always-in proximity with one another with some degree of continuity over time.

• Gang – A gang is usually an urban group that gathers in particular area. It is a group of people that often hang around each other. They can be like some clubs, but much less formal. They are usually known in many countries to cause social unrest and also have negative influence on the members and may be a target for the law enforcers in case of any social vices.

• Mob – A mob is usually a group of people that has taken the law into their own hands. Mobs are usually groups which gather temporarily for a particular reason.

• Posse – A posse was originally found in English common law. It is generally obsolete, and survives only in America, where it is the law enforcement equivalent of summoning the militia for military purposes. However, it can also refer to a street group.

• Squad – This is usually a small group, of around 3 to 15 people, who work as a team to accomplish their goals.

• Dyad – This is a social group with two members. Social interaction in a dyad is typically more intense than in larger groups because neither member shares the other’s attention with anyone else.

• Triad – This is social group with three members, which contains three relationships, each uniting two of the three people. A triad is more stable than a dyad because one member can act as a mediator should the relationship between the other two become strained.

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• Team – Similar to a squad, through a team may contain many more members. A team works in a similar way to a squad.

• In-group – It is a social group toward which a member feels respect and loyalty.

• Out-group – It is a social group toward which a person feels a sense of completion or opposition. It is also a group that an individual identifies in negative direction.