Man is a sociable animal that cannot survive alone. We need to communicate or share our feelings with someone all of the time. These demands, according to Maslow's Need Hierarchy theory, fall under the category of social wants, which require society's affection and belonging.
We tend to form communities with like-minded folks wherever we go. As individuals, we may belong to a religious group, a school group, a college group, coworkers, or a similar hobby group, among others. These are known as social groupings, and they are made up of people who share similar beliefs and preferences.
Many different social groupings have an impact on our behaviour, attitude, perception, and personality. Primary groups have the most impact on us at the start of our lives, in childhood. In Hindu civilization, we are born into a family with numerous individuals who have the ability to affect us. My family comprises of my grandparents, parents, and older sister, and I am the youngest. Being the family's youngest member necessitates that I do the following:
- Having to look after your grandparents
- Putting together the supper menu
- My bed is being made.
- I'm frantically looking for my eldest sister's job.
- assisting Mom with her cleaning
- During the majority of the arguments, I was subservient.
This has an effect on my personality. My views and beliefs have been formed by my family members. They instilled in me the values of integrity, punctuality, hard effort, adaptability, kindness, and patience.
My primary group and genetic group both include my family.
We tend to develop secondary groupings when we get older and start attending to school and then college. I used to enjoy playing volleyball in school, which led to the development of a volleyball team. As captain of the school squad, I was responsible for ensuring the following:
- Maintaining discipline is essential.
- Following the game's rules and restrictions
- Keeping the team's morale up
- Players are assigned to positions based on their abilities.
- The team's education
Taking the reins as the group's leader changed my personality by making me more opinionated. It also made me a team player, and it instilled in me the habit of prioritising the needs of others over my own in stressful times.
Because we share common interests, the volleyball group is not only a secondary group, but also a statistical aggregate.
There are some groups with which you identify and others with which you feel detached. I'm not a big fan of football, so hanging out with a lot of football fanatics during the Champions League finals doesn't seem like the best Sunday plan. This is an example of an out-group, a group with whom I do not identify.
Cats, on the other hand, are a favourite of mine. It would make me pleased to spend time with a group of cat owners. To put it another way, I would define myself as a member of the cat-loving crowd. This is a closed group.
Being a member of an in-group necessitates shared interests. As a result, we tend to treat members of the in-group better than members of the out-group.
In college, being a member of the Student Advisory Committee (SAC) is an example of voluntary association. To become a member of the committee, I had to go through a rigorous selection process that required patience, talents, hard effort, and, most significantly, a strong desire to serve. I gained new skills such as how to utilise Canva and how to interact via email after being chosen and planning multiple events. When things don't go as planned, the committee and its members have taught me to be inventive, industrious, and patient.
These are only a few of the social groups that exist. We all belong to different groups if we think about it for a minute. For example, we are someone's child, a student, a member of a particular caste, we have a variety of hobbies and interests, and we are, at the end of the day, people. As a result, it is in our inclination to form organisations in which we feel accepted and belong. We feel emotionally attached to groups because they meet our specific needs and make us feel supported and appreciated.
Groups become an important part of our lives and have a huge impact on our personalities. We act the way we do because we see others in our group acting similarly.Our human instinct is to want conformity, and groups give that for us. As a result, our behaviour, value systems, attitude, and, most significantly, ourselves are shaped by groups.
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