How does Sociology explain the self-concept of a group of people

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How does Sociology explain the self-concept of a group of people?

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Self-concept of a group
How does sociology explain the self-concept of a group of people?
Sociology explains a group of people as two or more people who identify and interact
with one another, share similar characteristics and collectively they all have a sense of unity.
A group in sociology exhibits cohesiveness to a larger extent because the members of a group
may share similar interests, values, ethnic or linguistic backgrounds, roles and kinship ties. In
sociology, groups vary in all sizes, from dyads (two people) to an entire society. A collection
of people in this social science is considered a group of individuals in that collection use the

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self-referent pronoun we to refer to themselves and this is what implies that the group thinks
of itself as a group. Examples of groups include companies, political outfits, families, clubs,
circles of friends and local religious congregations.
Collections of individuals who do not use the self-referent pronoun (we) but share
certain characteristics such as roles and social functions and do not regularly interact with
each other nor share similar interests and values such as soldiers, police, millionaires, women
are referred as categories of people rather than groups. People identify themselves with
groups they perceive themselves to belong to in society because then an individual can be
easily identified and appropriate behaviors in social environments are defined by the norms of
groups they belong to. It’s part of someone’s self-concept to think oneself as being a group
member because of the social identity that is associated with them as groups make part of who
we are which is a vital part of a person. People in a group tend to believe in the idea that in
some sense they are the same or identical to other people in the group (Magnusson, 98)
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