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Social Processes
Competition, Conflict
Dr Madhuri
Amity University
SOCIAL INTERACTION AND SOCIAL PROCESS
Thus we can say that social interaction refers to the entire range of
social relationships, wherein there is reciprocal stimulation and
response between individuals. Social interaction produces some
influence upon social relations that exists among human beings. Two
essential conditions of social interaction are:
i) social contact
ii) communication
Social Contact
So we can say that there are two forms of social interaction i.e.
i) conjunctive
ii) disjunctive.
Social interaction and social process are:
1) sequence of events
2) repetition of events
3) relationship between events
4) continuity of events
5) special results
Social contact initiates interaction. Social process is a variety of view-
points. Social behaviour can be classified on the basis of –
i) Direct cooperation
ii) Indirect cooperation
iii) Primary cooperation
iv) Secondary cooperation and
v) Tertiary cooperation
Direct cooperation: The essential characteristics of
this kind of cooperation are that people do in
company the thing which can also do separately. In
this category cooperating individuals do things of
common interest together and perform identical
functions. Playing together, worshiping together are
the examples of direct co-operation.
Indirect cooperation: In this type of cooperation
ii)
According to Anderson and Parker, “Competition is that form of social action in which we
strive against each other for the possession of or use of some limited material and non-
material goods.”
Competition is a form of interaction. It is the struggle for position to gain economic status. It
occurs whenever there is an insufficient supply of anything that human being desire -
insufficient in the sense that all cannot have as much of it as they wish. Sometimes
competition happens because of limited supply and also difficult for equal distribution
Characteristics of Competition
The characteristics of competition are:
l Competition is impersonal struggle. Park and Burgess defined competition as
“interaction without social contact.” We can say it is inter-individual struggle
that is impersonal. It is usually not directed against any individual or group in
particular.
l Harmful to individuals
l Help to restructure the group
l Help to form new groups
l Personal conflict – It is the conflict between two persons within the same
group.