Question

Groups differ in many respects. Identify the characteristics that distinguish primary groups from secondary groups.

Answer 1

Primary group :

• pre-existing formations
• face-to-face interaction and members have close physical proximity
• central to individual’s functioning
• boundaries are less permeable.

Secondary groups :

• individuals join by choice,
• impersonal, indirect,
• and less frequent relationships among members;
• easy to leave and join