Charles Cooley starts this chapter of by talking about our primary groups and how they affect the person one is and why they are that way. Primary groups are the people you are around and are extremely fundamental in an individuals social being. Primary groups are generally close family, friends, play groups, and neighborhoods. Primary groups are not limited to those specific groups. Cooley elaborates on play groups and how this group is pivotal in forming all young children. He talks about how your neighborhoods are very important too. They are close in proximity which leads to them, especially as a young child, having a large amounts of influence on the person you are and will become in the next stage of your life. But common interests
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I know for myself that when I someone well I genuinely care for them and try to look for the best in them. I would consider family and neighbors to be the most important primary groups in any society. In todays society this sociological theory of social organization that Cooley came up is disappearing and we are beginning to see the consequences of it. Cooley talks about how the play stage is so crucial in a person foundation. This stage should be filled with family and neighbors. Sadly kids today are not fully experiencing this stage. When you look at kids in our society you see kids at the age of 6 with iPhones and consumed by electronics. We are surrounded by people every single day, therefore Cooleys theory will always remain prevalent but the results will alter. We know from his chapter that primary groups play an important role in developing a persons identity. Primary groups are specifically important in shaping our personality, in formulating self-concepts, and in developing ones sense of worth.Within a primary group an individual starts becoming a social being from within the primary group he/she belongs to. From this, it is obvious that it is within primary groups that the looking-glass self emerges as children and they begin to leave the play
I know for myself that when I someone well I genuinely care for them and try to look for the best in them. I would consider family and neighbors to be the most important primary groups in any society. In todays society this sociological theory of social organization that Cooley came up is disappearing and we are beginning to see the consequences of it. Cooley talks about how the play stage is so crucial in a person foundation. This stage should be filled with family and neighbors. Sadly kids today are not fully experiencing this stage. When you look at kids in our society you see kids at the age of 6 with iPhones and consumed by electronics. We are surrounded by people every single day, therefore Cooleys theory will always remain prevalent but the results will alter. We know from his chapter that primary groups play an important role in developing a persons identity. Primary groups are specifically important in shaping our personality, in formulating self-concepts, and in developing ones sense of worth.Within a primary group an individual starts becoming a social being from within the primary group he/she belongs to. From this, it is obvious that it is within primary groups that the looking-glass self emerges as children and they begin to leave the play