Basic Social

Individual, Family and Community

A.    DEFINITION OF INDIVIDUAL

Individuals derived from the Latin word, "individuum": "undivided". The individual is the name for being a stand-alone, the individual also does not mean that humans can not be divided, but as a finite entity, namely the human individual. Individual is a man who not only has a special role in the social environment, but also has a specific personality and behavior of himself. Individuals in private by, there are three possibilities: deviate from the norm, loss of individuality or submission to the collective, and affect society as their hero or vandals. These people (people) are creatures tend to stand alone, but in many cases they will be together with each other even though a lot of different characteristics. Like similar but not the same, the older the more advanced and more and more a variety of levels of civilization.

An individual human beings in meaning  is not only whole body and soul, but every human being is a unique private, according to his personality patterns, including the skills yourself. Johnson said, "... persons are what they are always in a social context. ... The solitary person is unreal, abstract, artificial, abnormal ... "
The presence of individuals in the community, usually characterized by the behavior of individuals who try to put yourself in front of other people. Here, the individual will try to shape the behavior that is consistent with the existing circumstances and habits. Behavior that has existed in him can adjustable. But he can also experience maladjustment. This character which embody human behavior itself. Man as an individual is always at the center of a group of individuals who at once and maturity to be private. The process of the individual to be personal, not only supported and inhibited by himself, but also supported and inhibited by the group around.

B.      DEFINITIONS FAMILY

The family is the unit of the smallest communities which constitute a small group in society. This group is usually known as the primary group. This gave rise to groups of individuals with various forms of personality in society.

The family usually consists of a husband (father), wife (mother) and their children. This child will develop and begin to see and know the meaning of herself, then learn about something. In the end all that will give an individual experience, and from here he became known as an individual. The family has a role as the first group of individuals known very direct impact on the development of the individual before and after assimilate into society.

The family has a function and the function of the family is a job or a task that must be carried out within or by the family.
Various functions of the family:
a. Biological function              :           Successor descent.
b. Maintenance Functions       :           Mutual protect, maintain and care for.
c. Economic Functions            :           Organizing basic needs.
d. Religious Function               :           Practice religious teachings. e. Social function                     :           Introduce values in society.

C. UNDERSTANDING SOCIETY

A community is a group of people who have had the order of life, norms, customs equally observed in the environment. In society there are parents and children, mothers and fathers, grandparents and grandchildren, fellow men and women. They are all soluble in an orderly and integrated life in a human group.
Society can be classified into:
a.         Simple community

           In this environment, the community is simple (primitive) tend to divide the work  

           between the gender. 

b.         Forward society

Advanced society has a variety of social groups grow and evolve based on the needs and specific  

objectives to be achieved.  

In advanced societies, can be divided into:   

a. Non-Industrial Society   

b. Industrial society


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