Social Groups 

Groups that kids/adults put you in mainly in highschool like prep geek jock emo goth stoner ext.

Guy #1 "Hey wanna get high?"
Guy #2 "Oh, you must be a stoner..."
Guy #1 "What is wrong with that Social Groups?"

Social Groups by pinkystun? January 18, 2009

Social Sciences of Groups

A field that applies sociological, psychological, and anthropological frameworks to the study of groups—their formation, maintenance, conflict, and dissolution. It examines how groups establish norms, distribute roles, manage boundaries, and enforce conformity. It also studies phenomena like groupthink, social loafing, collective decision‑making, and intergroup conflict. The social sciences of groups draw on classic studies of small groups (from Simmel to Bion) and extend them to contemporary digital spaces like Discord servers, subreddits, and team collaboration tools.

Example: “Her social sciences of groups research demonstrated that even in ‘democratic’ online groups, a small minority of active members determined most decisions—the Pareto principle in action, reinforced by interface design that highlighted frequent posters.”

Sociology of Groups

A subfield that applies sociological theory specifically to the dynamics of groups—how they are structured, how they regulate membership, how they produce and enforce norms, and how they respond to internal and external pressures. It draws on concepts like social identity, group cohesion, reference groups, and deviance. The sociology of groups examines everything from workplace teams to political factions to online gaming guilds, asking how group membership shapes individual behavior and how groups maintain themselves over time.

Example: “His sociology of groups research found that online gaming guilds that enforced strict attendance and voice‑chat requirements had higher retention rates—not because players enjoyed the rules, but because the rules created a sense of seriousness and belonging.”

Social Sciences of Groups by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal April 16, 2026

Anti-Social Social Group 

When you are antisocial and introverted, and decide to go out that one time and meet another antisocial and introverted person and make friends with them and keep finding more people like you and end up forming a social group for anti socials. That's not weirdly specific at all.

THE ANTI-SOCIAL SOCIAL GROUP DOES NOT COMMUNICATE AND STAY AS THEY ARE BUT FEELING GOOD ABOUT THEMSELVES CUZ THERE ARE MORE PPL LIKE THEM

Anti-Social Social Group by I_hasAcat June 5, 2022