Sociology · Culture, socialisation and groups. The idea in plain words, the rules to remember, the mistake to avoid and a worked example, written and checked by Mega Lecture.
A social group is two or more people who interact regularly and share a sense of belonging. People who merely happen to be in the same place, such as passengers at a bus stop, are an aggregate, not a group.
Groups are classed by the kind of tie. Primary groups are small, intimate and lasting; secondary groups are larger, impersonal and formed for a purpose. We also divide groups into those we belong to and those we do not, and we measure ourselves against reference groups.
Inside a group each person holds a status (a position) and plays a role (the behaviour expected of that position). You occupy a status; you perform a role.
Role conflict and role strain are mixed up. Count the statuses: if the pressures come from two positions (mother and officer) it is role conflict; if they come from one position, it is role strain.
Answer: Role strain.
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