What Are the Different Types of Socio-Economic Groups?

Social group is the most common sociological concept, meaning any group of people combined according to formal or essential characteristics. The concept of social group itself includes two categories of concepts represented by the terms hypothetical group and "real group". The type of social group is the regional reflection of human lifestyles. It is the spatial structure and combination of social groups with similar cultural origins and social characteristics. It is an important research content of social geography.

Social group is the most common sociological concept, meaning any group of people combined according to formal or essential characteristics. The concept of social group itself includes two categories of concepts represented by the terms hypothetical group and "real group". The first category of concepts has a categorical nature, which means that people combine randomly according to a common feature that is necessary for the analysis system. This combination can be implemented according to any type of objectively existing characteristics (such as occupation, social status, ethnicity, gender, age, education), which is the usual classification. The second type of concept refers to the actual combination of people, whose members are combined by some type of common activity; because this common activity is dedicated to everyone's common goals and helps to meet the members of each combination Personal needs. ^[1]

Social groups are formed within a certain social scope in history, and are composed of people with common interests in values and codes of conduct that constitute a relatively stable whole. Since various social groups originated from specific material and cultural lifestyles, they showed a type of physiological adaptation to the natural environment from the perspective of "contingent theory," and thus had different distribution types in space. Humans inhabiting the earth live in different ways due to national ancestors, cultural practices, religious beliefs, and language systems. Social systems and economic development levels are different. First of all, they can be divided into social groups of different natures and levels. They develop and utilize natural resources and environmental conditions in the occupied space, forming the regional spatial pattern and dynamic evolution of the group. According to different signs, social groups can be divided into various types, such as nomadic social groups, agricultural social groups, and industrial social groups according to the main social production methods and cultural evolution; according to the overall regional scale of society, they are divided into large groups Type, such as social class, professional group, ethnic community; medium group type, like small group type such as age group (young, strong, old, etc.) and members in direct contact, such as business, family, class, gang, etc.

Social group type Large group

One of the types of groups. As opposed to small groups. Refers to a group whose members can only be joined together indirectly through a common event goal. Because large groups have many members and complex organizational structures, members and members can only be indirectly connected with common activity tasks. Therefore, relatively speaking, social factors have a greater effect than psychological factors in large groups. Large groups include ethnic groups, class groups, professional groups, and regional groups. Large groups are the main objects of social psychology research ^[2]

Social group type Small group

One of the types of groups. In contrast to large groups. Refers to a small number of groups, direct and face-to-face contact and contact between members. In small groups, due to the direct connections and direct interactions between members, emotional and psychological connections are established, and their behavior is affected by their group norms. Small groups are the main objects of management psychology research and are also called primary groups. For example, production teams, sections and workshops in factories, classes in schools, platoons in the army, and departments in government agencies all belong to the category of small groups. Whether small groups start with "two-person group" or "three-person group", so far, the psychology community has been expressing their opinions and arguing. However, a small group is a kind of unit where people work together, so its size can be determined based on practical experience. Generally speaking, from the perspective of production management, the number of small groups can range from 5-6 to 50-100, which is more suitable ^[3]